The name for the remarkable geological feature was selected after local residents were asked to name the feature in a competition organized by a local media outlet. Badlands National Park encompasses 242,756 acres in southwestern South Dakota and is home to striking erosional formations and the world’s richest collection of Oligocene- age vertebrate fossils. When it was announced that this feature was found it caused a sensation on the internet and great excitement in Canada.
The Guardian is regarded as one of Google Earth’s most remarkable finds. The feature was discovered during the Google Earth project when they used satellite imagery and reproduced them in 3-D which led to the identification of the natural world. It has the distinctive features of a First Nations male and it appears to be wearing traditional headwear, a feather headdress, which is synonymous with Aboriginal culture. The Indian head is looking westward and it is very large and even bigger than the heads on Mount Rushmore. It is a geographical feature that, when seen from the air, resembles the face of an indigenous person in profile. The geological wonder, the Guardian of the Badlands was only uncovered in recent years and purely by chance. The Badlands Guardian Geological Feature That Stunned The. The Story of the Guardian of the Badlands See the handpicked 138 Badlands gallery posted by Ethan Anderson, share with your friends and. They were formed during the end of the last Ice Age when glacial meltwater created valleys and steeps slopes out of the sedimentary rock and clay soil. The Badlands are desolate terrain of gullies, chasms, sinkholes, and hills. The location of the geological wonder is very remote, in an area that has been traditionally the home of the Siska First Nation People, often known as the Blackfoot tribes. The discovery of the dramatic and unusual geographical feature has fascinated many in Canada and beyond. This is a geological wonder that appears to represent an indigenous man’s head in profile. One of the most dramatic has only been revealed in recent years, the Badlands Guardian. Badlands National Park, South Dakota Coordinates: 43.8554, -102.The Badlands Guardian: Geological Feature that Stunned the WorldĬanada is a large country with a great many amazing natural sights.At this rapid rate of erosion, estimates suggest that the hills of the Badlands will erode completely within the next half a million years. Satellite images have revealed a giant face that appears to be carved into the Earth in Alberta, Canada, which has now become known far and wide as 'The Badlands Guardian. Because the rock layers are relatively soft, erosion occurs at a high rate of about one inch per year. The Badlands Guardian: With Jonathan Young, Hugh Newman, William Saunders, George J. Since this period of the geologic history, the Badlands has been continually shaped by erosion as it has gradually formed the hills, valleys, stream channels, and other interesting features of this park. The tectonics primarily shifted the underlaying rock strata through uplifting and folding forces. It looks disconcertingly like a face from above. In addition to geologic deposition, the Badlands Park region was further shaped by tectonic forces approximately 5 million years ago. The Badlands Guardian Believe it or not, this human-like figure is a geological feature in Alberta, Canada. Over time, this deposited ash hardened into beige-colored volcanic tuff through the process of lithification. Remarkably, the volcanic ash originated from volcanoes located over 500 miles (800 km) away in present day Nevada and Utah, which was blown eastward before settling in the park area. The distinct rock layers consist of multi-colored sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, claystone, limestone, shale, and volcanic ash.
The geology comprising the Badlands National Park in southwestern South Dakota is a colorful layer-cake of various sedimentary rocks deposited between 28 to 75 million years ago by shallow seas, rivers, and wind. Photographers: Charlene Lanik Sauls, Brian Sauls
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