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Stark,
stunning,
solitary,
soulful.
Badlands have a beauty,
that calls you back,
year after year.
Be safe & well. Cheers to you from The Sonoran Desert~
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Cindy, all great shots. I certainly see why the call would come forth to come back. Say hello to all those saguaros for me!🌵
Hi Bruce…. Yes it definitely has a clarion call for desert rats like me. Cheers to you დ
Mesmerizing, Cindy. There’s something about badlands that draws me in. Maybe I sense a lot of spirit in all the barrenness.
Hello, Debra. How are you doing? I hope you are doing well.
Yes! The profoundly spiritual land of light and shadow. I sense the spirituality დ
Thank you, Cindy, for bringing us to the badlands of the beautiful Sonoran desert!! It brings back the great beauty we encountered on our honeymoon 35 years ago. ❤️
How wonderful such special memories were triggered and thank you for letting me know. Cheers to you & take good care დ
A stunning landscape, Cindy.
Hi Rosaliene. Thanks much & cheers my friend დ
Cheers to you, too, Cindy 🙂 <3
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They certainly ARE beautiful!
Hi! Great to hear from you & yes these are beautiful baddies! 😉
Beautiful badlands.
Good bads! 😉
It is a seriously gorgeous area in such a tough and resistant way. Beautiful photos, Cindy.
Hi Lynette. Wonderful to hear from you. Thanks much & cheers დ
Hello, Cindy. How are you doing? I hope you are doing well.
Well, thank you very much. I am doing well. All the best to you დ
Love your titles for the first ones and yes, I can well understand your returning again and again. I visited the Canadian Badlands and they were breathtaking, too.
They are unique aren’t they. I love the silence & the solitude. Cheers to you Dale & hope all is well with you! დ
That they are! I love that our two countries have them 🙂 All is well here as I hope it is with you!
All is well here and thank you Dale ꨄ︎ꨄ︎
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So much beauty in a seemingly empty land! 😍
Yes, and of course, you see this clearly my friend. Be well დ
Wow Cindy, these are spectacular shots.
It seems the badlands are good, in that sense.
Thank you so much! Be well!
Like so many things, they are very good baddies!! Cheers to you Resa 😉 😉
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I’ve seen badlands in Montana and have learned to appreciate their unique beauty. Great collection of badlands photos.
Thank you. I am happy you have experienced them. Cheers & thanks for stopping by დ
Stunning shots, Cindy. No doubt badlands possess a unique beauty.
Hello Balroop. Lovely to hear from you, and yes, thank you, they do დ
Wonderful photos, Cindy! Places with almost no vegetation are sort of like nudes in art, stripped down to basics. Maybe we need a better term than “badlands.” I guess they were called that because they are useless for agriculture and hard to survive in.
Yes thank you Audrey, maybe they were named badlands by the pioneers trying to survive while crossing them! They are harsh, fragile, full of life, total contradictions დ
Life is everywhere on earth, but sometimes we don’t see or recognize it.
True & surprising.
Beautiful captures! The hills and terrain have such a unique charm — different, yet wonderfully captivating in their own way. Your pictures really bring the place alive.🙏🏻
So thoughtful and so appreciated. Thank you very much დ
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Lovely scenes, Cindy!
Hi Terri! Thank much & cheers to you დ
Superb
Honored. Thank you Derrick ꨄ︎
Beautiful. And rocky. I love rocks. Solid. Merci beaucoup.
Rock on John! I love them too ꨄ︎
This is breathtakingly beautiful — both in its simplicity and its emotional resonance. 🌵✨ Your words capture the haunting allure of the Badlands with such quiet strength — “stark, stunning, solitary, soulful” perfectly distills their essence. The rhythm of your lines feels like the slow exhale of desert wind, each word standing as solid and timeless as the landscape itself.
Oh my. You write so beautifully. Your passage literally gives me goosebumps and touched my soul. Thank you. Be well my friend ꨄ︎ꨄ︎
wonderful!
⬻𓂀ღ☆∞♡ 🔺 𝒽𝒶𝓅𝓅𝓎 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝒹𝒶𝓎 🔺 ♡∞☆ღ𓂀⤖
Grazie mille ꨄ︎
Prego!
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Stupendous!
Thank you Sheree & cheers my friend ꨄ︎
Wow… beautiful…hardly “bad”lands!!!! 🙂
Smiling…. Good baddies! 😉
Wonderful!
Vielen danke ꨄ︎
Badlands so Bad, they’re definitely Good. Though your lens, anyway.
Smiling…. So nice Margaret & lovely to hear from you. Thank you ꨄ︎
What landscapes! Certainly does not look great for human survival but am guessing there are some plants and critters hiding and overcoming the odds.
You are so right. These badlands are teeming with wildlife adapted to live in extremely harsh conditions. It is so amazing and impressive. Great to hear from you & hope all is well ꨄ︎
Stunning photos.
Gracie Mille ꨄ︎
Wow! It looks so strange but also very stunning!
Stay safe, dear Cindy!
Happy you see the savage beauty Martha. Be safe & well my friend ꨄ︎
I’m always amazed at the colors in places like that Cindy. These places may not have that greenery and flowers, but they still have so much unique colors all there own. Thank you for the share kind lady 🤗❤️🙏
So preceptive Mark. Thank you for seeing & for your thoughtful comments ꨄ︎
Fantastic scenery. Awesome photos, Cindy.
Hi Michael. Thank you very much & cheers my friend ꨄ︎
You’re most welcome, Cindy.
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Dear Cindy
We like this barren landscape. It’s so otherworldly.
Thanks
The Fab Four of Cley
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
I am pleased you enjoyed my friends & most happy to hear from all four of you! Take good care ꨄ︎
Eons visible, exposed to the sky. Wonders of nature! 🤩
Beautiful Eliza. The wonders of our amazing planet. Cheers my friend ꨄ︎
Wow, I felt as if I was there looking at these! Amazing, immersive photography; thanks for sharing!! 💙
You make me happy I posted. Thank you very much & cheers to you ꨄ︎
Beautiful photography!
Merci beaucoup ꨄ︎
thank you for sharing the coolest places!
Thank you more for appreciating them Annette ꨄ︎
Gorgeous. I would like to be there right now instead of up to my ears in rescue work!!! I guess I’ll just have to keep looking at the photos and taking deep breaths.
Yes. And schedule a vacation soon! Very pleased you enjoyed and happy you stopped by. Take good care ꨄ︎
They aren’t so bad with you at the camera.
Smiling. Very nice & most appreciated. Thank you David ꨄ︎
Visited South Dakota in college and loved wandering the Badlands, the beautiful colors of the Earth in the undulating of valleys and peaks. Your photos are wonderful! Enjoy the day!
I haven’t seen the South Dakota Badlands, only photos which are stunning. I would love to wander in them. Very pleased you enjoyed the photos and thank you ꨄ︎
Be safe and well too, Cindy, …I’m scrolling up and down, reliving every single photo, their beauty is so stunning, …you can’t quite take in the detail in one go! …💙
Your very thoughtful comments touch my heart. Thank you sincerely Penn. You make me happy I posted. Cheers to you ꨄ︎
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Great photos Cindy. You could almost be on another planet.
Leslie
I also was reminded of an alien landscape on another planet.
Hi Liz. Yes a very otherworldly feeling. Hope all is well with you Liz & great to hear from you!ㅤꨄ︎
Yes, I’m still hanging in there!
Happy to hear!
Hi Leslie. Yes indeed. The southwest has these eerie alien landscapes that are unique and amazing. Hope you are well my friend & so glad you stopped by ꨄ︎ꨄ︎
Leslie my response to your comment is in the following conversation……
Lovely photos. Reminds me of our visit to Arches National Park.
Oh, I love spectacular Arches, and yes, very similar southwest landscapes. Thanks much for stopping by ꨄ︎
Stark, and very beautiful, Cindy! ❤️
Hi John. Thanks much. I was sorry to read about your surgery and hope you continue to fully recover my friend ꨄ︎ꨄ︎ㅤ
You’re welcome Cindy. I’m doing great, thank you so much! It will be a few weeks healing but the threat of a stroke is gone. 🙏🏻 Be well!
Thank God!
🙏🏻 ✝️
Beautiful and stark. It’s nice to see you and your photos back on WordPress Cindy. 😍
Hi Brad. It is lovely to hear from you Brad. Thank you. Hope all is going well with you my friendㅤꨄ︎
Thanks Cindy. Yes, I’m settling into my retired life and hopefully will travel more.
Wonderful! Enjoy.
Thank you for sharing this incredible landscape with us, Cindy! (I’ve always found the name “Badlands” to be evocative.)
Yes! The term badlands invites immediate fascination & explorationㅤꨄ︎
Imperative that we respect all natural landscapes, from the gentlest to the most forbidding, like this one.
We are in complete accordㅤꨄ︎
AWESOME!!!!! You capture all the crevices perfectly. I hope you’re doing great!!
Hi Melinda. Wonderful to hear from you & thank you! All is well here. Hope all is well with you my friendㅤꨄ︎
Being well is relative but I’m charging throught each day looking looking for positivity. 🙂
That is excellent news!!!!
Beautiful shots. Nature has so many faces. Best wishes ♥
Wonderous, ever amazing nature. Thank you Ute & be wellㅤꨄ︎
Nice shots, Cindy. 🤩
Looks like a scene from one of the Star Wars movies. Beautiful! 👌🏼💕
It does! Alien planet landscape. Thanks for the smile and for stopping byㅤꨄ︎
Beautiful pictures, as always, Cindy.
Ahhh….. So thoughtful Andrew. Grazie milleㅤꨄ︎
Great mountain scenery of the Badlands, Cindy! Some photos look like 3D giving the illusion of depth.
So appreciated! Thank you Peter & cheers ꨄ︎
Wonderful images of this terrain, Cindy. Would like to see it someday.
Oh I hope you do. I would love to see your photos. They would be stunning ꨄ︎
Cindy, these images feel almost otherworldly — the Badlands look carved by time itself. There’s a quiet majesty in every curve and shadow. Thank you for capturing that sense of wonder.
Thank you more for being forever open to the wonder dear Rebecca & be safe & well my friend ꨄ︎
Sending hugs along with my gratitude for our friendship!
Visa versa 2UX2!
Thank you for sharing this extraordinary set of photos, Cindy. You’ve described it well.
Hi Alys. Happy you enjoyed my friend and thank you for your thoughtfulness ꨄ︎