This realistic landscape photo was taken at Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA. It shows unique layered sandstone pinnacles formed by millions of years of weathering and water erosion. The foreground is cracked dry desert ground dotted with a few clumps of drought-resistant yellow grass, under a clear cloudless deep bright blue sky. Badlands National Park is a famous US geological reserve, its landscape formed by long-term erosion of ancient marine sediments. The vast desolate wilderness has wild magnificent beauty, and is a popular destination for outdoor hiking and landscape photography.