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2 - Grand Teton NP, Devil's Tower, Thunder Basin National Grassland,

	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: seen from below - the elements continue to erode the sedimentary rocks around the base - start of the trail - Crook County			Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: proclaimed by President Theodore Roosevelt as the first national monument in 1906
	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: the tower is a sacred site for many tribes of American Indians - it is known to the Lakota as 'Bears Lodge' - Mato Tipila			Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: detail of the mostly hexagonal columns of phonolite porphyry - the redness of the rocks is due to the oxidization of minerals
	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: made world famous by the movie 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'			Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: flat top with signs of erosion - 5,112 feet above sea level
	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: flat-top stump of stone - cylindrical and fluted			Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: surrounded by a Ponderosa Pine forest
	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: in President Theodore Roosevelt's proclamation, the apostrophe in Devil's was inadvertently dropped, so the site was accidentally named Devils instead of Devil's			Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: was named in 1875 when the interpreter for Colonel Richard Irving Dodge's expedition translated the Indian name as 'Evil God's Tower'
	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: monolithic igneous intrusion or volcanic neck - magma welled up into the surrounding sedimentary rock			Devil’s Tower National Monument, Wyoming: Devil’s tower with water reflection
	Devils Tower National Monument, Wyoming: a 1,300-acre preserve with rolling hills - tower's silhouette in the late afternoon - Black Hills			Wyoming: valley floor with winding streams - meanders
	Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: imposing buffalo in the empty landscape - American Bison			Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: buffalo herd - cattle in the semi-desertic plain
	Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: buffalo in the snow - Bison bison - Wyoming uses a bison in its state flag			Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: an antelope struggles to find edible vegetation in the snow covered soil
	Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: pumpjack and sky - nodding donkey - Lufkin oilfield pumping unit - reciprocating piston pump over an oil well near WY-59			Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: buffalo head - livestock
	Thunder Basin National Grassland, Wyoming: the little dark dots on the snow are bisons			Highway 93, northwest of Douglas, Wyoming: Fetterman Ranch - White Land and Livestock - typical ranch entrance with a metal frame
	Grand Teton, Wyoming: Mount Moran - reflection - Oxbow Bend			Grand Teton NP, Wyoming: Mount Moran and Oxbow Bend - reflection - landscape
	Grand Teton NP, Wyoming: Sun rays hitting the snowy peaks of Grand Teton - sunrise			Grand Teton NP, Wyoming: Grand Teton and the Snake River - the second highest mountain in the state of Wyoming
	Wyoming: Elk on field during the rutting season - Cervus canadensis - fauna - wildlife			Wyoming: Indian paintbrush or Prairie-fire - Castilleja flower - plant - flora
	Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming: silvery lupine - Lupinus argenteus - perennial herb			Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming: mountain peaks and blue sky
	Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming: backcountry hiker			Grand Tetons National Park, Wyoming: Grand Teton, 13,770 ft. the park was established in 1929
	Wyoming: close-up of horse's nostrils			Wyoming: cowboy riding his horse down the road with his dog by his side
	Devil's Tower, Wyoming: Black-tailed Prairie Dog eating - Cynomys ludovicianus			Devil's Tower, Wyoming: Black-tailed Prairie Dog in hole - Cynomys ludovicianus