Devil’s Tower.
Near Hulett, Wyoming. August 7, 2011. Bikers flood the Midwest each August for the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, flocking to sites like Devil’s Tower just across the South Dakota/Wyoming border.
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September 27, 2011 at 12:46
looks amazing… maybe oneday I can travel the world and see sites like this.
September 27, 2011 at 19:51
This looks amazing, really cool.
September 27, 2011 at 12:49
Beautiful… Thank you for sharing.
September 27, 2011 at 12:57
Wow… I like it
September 27, 2011 at 13:01
great place.
September 27, 2011 at 13:05
thanks for the pics. it is a great place to visit, in a nerdy kind of “close encounters” way.
congrats on being FP.
September 27, 2011 at 13:06
It really looks like devil’s tower.Is it cool to have a trip in?
September 27, 2011 at 13:11
Wow… I like it. This is very beauty
September 27, 2011 at 13:14
That thing is incredible. I lived in Wyoming for one and a half years, and never got a chance to see it. Thanks for sharing the photos. Connie
http://7thandvine.wordpress.com/
September 27, 2011 at 13:26
really awesome pictures.. Why do they call it the devils tower?
September 27, 2011 at 13:35
In Island Sri Lanka also have something similar, but with bigger history and fotress which used interesting technology of taking water from ground level to the top in 5th century or before..
http://www.asiaexplorers.com/srilanka/sigiriya.htm
September 27, 2011 at 13:37
I’ve been to Wyoming but missed this. Terrific shots!
September 27, 2011 at 13:45
There is something special about that first sighting of Devils Tower as you come over a slight rise – it just is there…cool place.
September 27, 2011 at 13:46
How *beautiful!* Thanks so much for sharing your pics!
Kate
http://ukate.wordpress.com/
September 27, 2011 at 13:47
Well that’s amazing and just shows my ignorance. I really didn’t think this monolith was real. Great pics, many thanks for sharing the info
September 27, 2011 at 13:50
I like your photos. I was hitchhiking back in 1986 or 87 and this guy picked me up and we stopped at the Devil’s Tower. It is an impressive sight. You can see the Devil’s Tower if you drive on I-90 in Wyoming.
September 27, 2011 at 13:56
It’s interesting that somehow that mountain seems as ominous in real life as it did in Close Encounters….I can see why Spielberg was inspired to use it as a backdrop to the movie. It just seems like something otherwordly could happen there. Love the photo with the motorcycles in the foreground.
September 27, 2011 at 14:04
Great Stuff
September 27, 2011 at 14:20
That looks great – I’d love to visit! I’ve never been to Wyoming or S Dakota. Really, I don’t believe I’ve ever been in any of the central or mid-west states, just east or west coast.
September 27, 2011 at 14:50
You’re in my neck of the woods. Great photos!
September 27, 2011 at 14:56
Intriguing :) The photos are beautiful :)
September 27, 2011 at 14:59
went here when I was younger – love it
-grace
September 27, 2011 at 15:22
Vaauuuu!
September 27, 2011 at 15:26
I seriously need to do some traveling in order to get close to this.
September 27, 2011 at 15:34
Great post! Thank you!
September 27, 2011 at 15:47
I am ashamed to admit I didn’t know it was real, either. Yikes! (What can I say: I grew up a poor black child in the inner city :) The movie, Close Encounters, takes on a whole new meaning. I think a trip to Wyoming is in store before I die. Congrats on being FP’d.
September 27, 2011 at 15:58
That third photos is just unbelievable!! Gorgeous!!
September 27, 2011 at 16:21
interest that photographes.
September 27, 2011 at 16:38
Did you hit any of the other sites in the Black Hills area? Mt. Rushmore, Crazy Horse, the needles Highway, Harney Peak, The Badlands?
Crystal
September 27, 2011 at 16:57
This mountain looks suspicious.
September 27, 2011 at 16:58
Beautiful, I love the last picure!
September 27, 2011 at 17:23
Love the last photo – awesome. Devil’s Tower is something to see in one’s lifetime. Congrats on being FP!
September 27, 2011 at 17:24
Beautiful pictures; I especially like the last one! Thanks for sharing and congrats on freshly pressed!
September 27, 2011 at 17:26
WOW! “DEVIL’S tOWER” LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MANMADE, BUT WHEN? How many tens of thousands of years ago? Solid rock now. What was it used for? Looks like a big incinerator. Maybe a gabidge facility?(haha) Amazing view! Woohoo!
September 27, 2011 at 17:58
“Close Encounters of the Third Kind” …. great photography !!
Have you ever been to Devils Post Pile Monument in Mammoth, CA? Stunning…..just like this monument. :)
September 27, 2011 at 18:13
Gorgeous pictures, but I have to admit when I first saw these photos all I could think of was the “mash potato” scene from “Close Encounters”. Congrats on the FP!
September 27, 2011 at 18:21
I just wonder why it is called Devil’s Tower? But great shots! Especially the last photo…Good luck!
September 27, 2011 at 18:23
beautiful pictures – but I must say I got a kick out of the helmet sticker. Silver tongued devil….
September 28, 2011 at 10:41
Ha! Me too…I was beginning to wonder if anyone else noticed the incredible use of language. Amazing how one word can have so many different meanings!
Great photography…thanks for the tour.
September 27, 2011 at 18:47
Must be an excellent ride out there on a bike. Great pics, thanks for sharing them.
September 27, 2011 at 18:55
That is a sick formation!
September 27, 2011 at 19:11
That one picture with the two motorcycles with numerically ordered tags is brilliant, especially because you captured the redundant insulting bumper sticker on the back of the helmet. Classic!
September 27, 2011 at 19:54
wow. that rock just looks unreal. has anyone ever tried to climb it?
September 27, 2011 at 20:03
It is absolutely beautiful. Some of the tribes called it : Their names for the monolith include: Aloft on a Rock (Kiowa), Bear’s House (Cheyenne, Crow), Bear’s Lair (Cheyenne, Crow), Bear’s Lodge (Cheyenne, Lakota), Bear’s Lodge Butte (Lakota), Bear’s Tipi (Arapaho, Cheyenne), Tree Rock (Kiowa), and Grizzly Bear Lodge (Lakota).
September 27, 2011 at 20:26
Who’d of thunk it, Wyoming, huh?
September 27, 2011 at 20:51
Cool rock formation! It deserve its name
September 27, 2011 at 21:19
Wow, amazing. Greate post and photos too. Classic!
September 27, 2011 at 22:19
Wow, gorgeous! I want to see it in person now!
September 27, 2011 at 22:31
wow! that’s an amazing landmark. i’d love to make a trip myself…the pictures are beautiful but i’m certain something like that is so much more stunning in person! thanks for sharing.
September 27, 2011 at 22:37
Close encounters of the third kind.
September 27, 2011 at 22:47
Love your photos!
September 27, 2011 at 23:45
Great, thanks for sharing
September 28, 2011 at 00:25
Ominous…
September 28, 2011 at 00:35
loved the bike…. the last pic is just remarkable…
September 28, 2011 at 00:55
The rock is extra-ordinary. Awesome shots!
September 28, 2011 at 01:03
Great photos. I was lucky enough to spend a week travelling round part of the USA last summer taking in many sights, including Devil’s Tower and Mount Rushmore. Your photos of both brought back some great memories- thanks!
September 28, 2011 at 01:40
Beautiful view, beautiful shot. I like it.
From BYM – Indonesia
September 28, 2011 at 03:21
Awesome images! Brought back the memories, when I visited it. :)
September 28, 2011 at 03:28
Looks like a really magical place, I’d love to go one day.
September 28, 2011 at 06:01
Why am I suddenly playing with my mashed potatoes…?
September 28, 2011 at 06:18
great pictures man ! devil’s tower is wicked .
September 28, 2011 at 07:48
Woah, what a view! Looks great!
September 28, 2011 at 07:50
My husband & I were there 2 weeks ago. Very spiritual place
September 28, 2011 at 08:25
one day soon im going there XD (maybe i’ll even climb it)
looks intresting enough.
September 28, 2011 at 08:29
I loved visiting Devil’s Tower back in 2003 we stopped there on the Way back from Mount Rushmore, both were incredible experiences. I am proud to say we were there during the Sturgis motorcycle influx. First time I ever saw a buffalo and a motorcycle side by side. Enjoyed the pics :-)
September 28, 2011 at 08:54
Thats fricken beautiful
September 28, 2011 at 09:09
Hmm…Get me a geodetic survey map of that…;)
September 28, 2011 at 09:36
Did you know that Devils Tower is made of phonolite porphyry? Phonolite refers to the ringing of the rock when a small slab is struck and its ability to reflect sound. Amazing!
September 28, 2011 at 11:45
So beautiful and so in the middle of nowhere! On a trip to Mount Rushmore, I made my family drive the hour out of the way just to see this. Because what high schooler isn’t dying to see Devil’s Tower? And I had no idea it was in Close Encounters; I still have never seen that movie. Needless to say, once they got over the drive time, the fam was just as in awe as I was.
Great pics! Thanks for sharing!
September 28, 2011 at 11:49
I’ve always wanted to go here but I was never sure of the people in said state. Hell I guess one day with enough money I’ll travel around America and see the sites.
September 28, 2011 at 12:03
Nice shots!
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September 28, 2011 at 12:11
I thought it was made of mash potato… ;-)
September 28, 2011 at 12:13
This is by far my favorite place to climb! Thanks for showing such a great place off!
September 28, 2011 at 12:26
You make me even more determined to visit. I will definitely refer to your photos for teaching about the Northwest.
September 28, 2011 at 12:35
Too funny that movie was just on TV this weekend!
September 30, 2011 at 11:01
Great shots. I think my riding days are over but I’d happily do it in a convertible.
October 1, 2011 at 21:56
Amazing photos…I would love to see this….