Recently, my husband and I went on a trip to the north west part of Nebraska and the south west part of South Dakota. While I have taken trips before into the mountians of Colorado and New Mexico, as with my other recent trips, it was with a different perspective.

One of the places we visited was the Badlands of South Dakota. The rock formations were right out of the terrain generating programs, especially GeoControl. I decided to make some of these available if anyone wants to use them for an idea for a terrain. These are not meant to be used as backdrops. They are only to be used for ideas in generating terrains and materials in terrain generating programs. Since sometimes a place to start causes the most problems, I hope these will be useful.

These Badlands are spectacular rock formations that are incredibly varied in both color, texture, and shape.

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