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CATHEDRAL SPIRES FROM THE TOP OF HARNEY PEAK

Publishers' Photo Service

When clouds screen the softening forests below and leave only these sharp crags exposed, Nature seems to snarl and show her fangs. The effect is heightened by the wicked whining of the wind among the pinnacles.

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THE MODERN MANNA THAT IS COAXED FROM THE EARTH

Albert Schlechten

Wheat enough for countless thousands of loaves. These shocks represent the harvest of spring wheat from the rolling grain lands of Montana, 16 miles west of Bozeman.

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AN AMERICAN SPHINX FASHIONED BY NATURE

Sphinx Rock lies at the base of Rushmore Mountain. Like most of the striking rock formations in the Black Hills region, it is the product of erosion. Note the figure of a man (left center) (see text, page 305).

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The Needles Road through the jagged wonderland near the base of Harney Peak discloses the park's most striking scenery. Sections of this highway pass between walls of white limestone. At one place a tunnel has been cut to conduct the road through the rock.

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