Toadstool Park, March 17, 2007

 

Fallen spire at Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Caricature hoodoo at Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Train rolling past Sugarloaf Butte and Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Streambed at Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Ridges at Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Outcroppings at Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Fallen Spire at Toadstool Park, March 17, 2007

Fallen spire at Toadstool Geologic Park, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

In 2005 I photographed this same spire while it was standing. Erosive forces, and hopefully not pranksters, toppled this formation that happened to look like a fertility symbol. I keep returning to photograph this and see how the remains continue to erode.

Ice on Briggs Pond, March 4, 2007

 

Cattails at Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Sapling at Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Fence at Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Fence closeup at Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Ice on Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Grass and ice at Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)

Leaf closeup at Briggs Pond in Chadron, Nebraska, March 2007. (Photo by Daniel Binkard)