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Fire and Earth

Fire and Earth

For miles around, the Devils Tower appears as a monolithic pillar ascending hundreds of feet into the sky. Native tribes each had their own stories of how it c...
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For miles around, the Devils Tower appears as a monolithic pillar ascending hundreds of feet into the sky. Native tribes each had their own stories of how it came to be - typically involving a bear chasing seven sisters. Modern science and geologists have found evidence that this column was once the magmatic core of a larger volcano which has since cooled and eroded away. It's certainly a beautiful sight to behold - one which will leave you wondering about the energy, power and forces that led to it's creation.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture f/11 ISO 100 Focal Length 17/1

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Dec, 2015

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