2010/10/07

南達科塔(South Dakota)之旅(七) Badlands National Park 陽光篇

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Ben Reifel Visitor Center 3

第二天  2010.09.25  (星期六)  艷陽天

南達科塔之旅 第二天我們先去參觀 Mount Rushmore National Memorial Crazy Horse Memorial Custer State Park Sylvan Lake Needles Highway後,中午回到Rapid City用午餐,然後沿I-90號州際公路東行,接著下一個景點惡地國家公園(Badlands National Park)

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Badlands National Park位在 South Dakota州的西南邊,佔地 244,000 英畝(98,743公頃) ,公園裡是大片冰河侵蝕而成的孤立圓錐形、尖塔形山丘,混雜著大片的草原,此地是美國列入生態保護的區域,乍看之下其地形有點像台灣的田寮月世界及草山月世界,但仔細觀察其地質是完全不同的。台灣月世界是由砂岩與頁岩所構成的青灰岩地形,稱為白堊土地形。這裡的地質去年在亞利桑那州的化石林國家公園(Petrified Forest National Park) 有些地段也看過,主要是冰河切割而成;整個北美地區早期均被海水覆蓋,沉積現象開始於六千九百萬年前,後來海平面慢慢撤退了,露出的陸地受到冰河的侵蝕、切割,慢慢形成現在的地貌。
我們是由I-90號州際公路Exit 131下交流道後沿SD-240公路南下,然後由Northeast Entrance進入公園,第一個景點就是Big Badlands Overlook
Northeast Entrance

Big Badlands Overlook Area
Taken on Big Badlands Overlook 6
Taken on Big Badlands Overlook 3
Taken on Big Badlands Overlook 1
Taken on Big Badlands Overlook 5
Taken on Big Badlands Overlook 4
Beware Rattlesnakes
Door Trail Window Trail & Castle Trail Area
Taken on Door Trail 3
Taken on Door Trail 6
Taken on Door Trail 7
Taken on Door Trail 4
Taken on Door Trail 1
Taken on Window Trail 4
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Taken on Window Trail 2
Taken on Window Trail 1
Taken on Window Trail 3

Cliff Shelf Nature Trail  Area
Taken on Cliff Shelf Nature Trail 2
Ben Reifel Visitor Center Area
Ben Reifel Visitor Center 2
Ben Reifel Visitor Center 1
Saddle Pass Trail Area
Taken on Saddle Pass Trail 1
Fossil Exhibit Trail Area:一個北美洲最完整的化石群聚在此公園被發現,此地區的岩石和化石保留古代生態系統的完整資訊,提供現代科學家研究有關早期哺乳類動物的種類和活動。
Taken on Fossil Exhibit Trail 1
Taken on Fossil Exhibit Trail 2
Taken on Fossil Exhibit Trail 3
Taken on Fossil Exhibit Trail 4
Taken on Fossil Exhibit Trail 5
沿途景觀
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