Here is the (much condensed) Native American legend: One day 7 little girls were playing by the river when they were chased by a bear. The girls jumped on a rock which was about 3 feet high and began praying to the rock to save them. The rock, hearing their pleas, elongated itself upwards pushing the girls out of reach of the bear. The bear clawed at the sides of the rock until the rock pushed the girls into the sky where they are to this day in a group of 7 little stars (the Pleiades). The marks of the bear claws are what you see on the sides of Devil’s Tower.
This perspective gives you a better idea of the grandeur of the tower.
Devil’s Tower was the very first national monument making Wyoming home to the first national park (Yellowstone) and the first national monument in the United States.
Tomorrow I will show you an even closer view.
Lovely light Anne. Pretty spectacular.
What an awesome shot Anne! Love the composition here, and the details and tones of the rock face are exquisite!
Really cool shot Anne. And Wait.. Isn’t that the mountain from Close Encounters of the 3rd Kind?
Yes it is! It was filmed there and they played the movie every night at the campground!
Cool shot – not really something you’d find around Victoria is it!
Nice image Anne! Its amazing after all these years later seeing that movie and now i finally know where this is!
that’s a beautiful shot Anne!