For several millions of years, a scarp eroded originally by White River has been marching northward through soft sediments of a plateau in what is now southwestern South Dakota. Badlands National Park ( NPS website) protects the scarp's sharp buttes and pinnacles along with some surrounding prairie.

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| Badlands | Land forms | Pinnacle and a cloud | Pinnacles | Polarized badland | Sunset |
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| Dusk in the badlands |
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