From Heartland RV Park, Hermosa, SD
On our way to Custer, SD for lunch, we spotted a tall mountain with lots of radio/TV antennas on it. We didn't think too much about it until we came to a road to the summit. Nothing more fun then taking a gravel road with no guard rails up the side of mountain. When we hit the top, we found a fire tower and multiple equipment buildings for various broadcast, cell, and other transmission antennas. I suppose we should have worn our tin foil hats, but you know how that goes.
There was a nice observation platform by the fire tower so up the steps we went. I have not resized these images so to see full resolution, click on them.
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| The view from the top of the observation platform on the fire tower. |
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| The Needles are on the far left; Mt. Rushmore is just above and to the right of the telephone pole by the propane tank. |
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| The Needles |
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| Mt. Rushmore |
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| Crazy Horse (just to the right of the center hump) |
My best guess is that we were 5+ miles from any of the features. The haze was a little worse than normal (thought to be smoke from Washington forest fires) and cut down on the contrast a bit. I was also shooting without a tripod or mono pod which made it interesting at 500 mm. I might try this again on a clear day. Pretty amazing view.
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