Alberta Badlands: A Geological Wonder

by bzimmer from EVANSVILLE CA on 21 Nov 2022

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Hoodoos are sandstone pillars capped with a hard stone top; they are millions of years old but, paradoxically, quite fragile and susceptible to erosion. I took this shot in the summer of 2014.

Camera: Canon EOS 6D
Focal: 70 mm
Shutter speed: 0.06666666667 sec
Aperture: f/ 22

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