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Not many people visit Theodore Roosevelt National Park, and even fewer make it all the way up to the North Unit. On this very stormy day, there were almost no other people in the North Unit. It had been storming and raining all day, but it was starting to wind down. We made our way to the Cannonball Concretions. The badlands are comprised of porous sandstone, where mineral-rich water can seep through the layers and deposit minerals in empty spaces. This can create some truly unusual rock formations, and in many cases here in Theodore Roosevelt, they form spheres that resemble huge cannonballs.
I stood at the bottom of the valley with a massive sandstone wall just in front of me. You can see the ‘cannonball’ hardened rocks being pushed out of the wall’s face. The rain had just stopped, and the sky was beginning to clear up. The cliff face, still wet from the rain, adds a sense of depth and drama to the image.
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