Yellowstone's Sheepeater Cliff

black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
edited September 11, 2012 in Other Cool Shots
This cliff was named for the Shoshone Indians who lived throughout this mountainous region. Their use of Bighorn sheep earned them the name of " Tukadika " or " Sheepeaters ". The cliff is basalt lava that formed " columnar joints " when it cooled nearly 500,000 years ago.



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I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.

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  • DaddyODaddyO Registered Users Posts: 4,466 Major grins
    edited September 9, 2012
    Nice capture Tom thumb.gif And your story detailing it.
    Opps :-) too many spaces between shots...am only just now picking up the 2nd work. A very good one too.
    Michael
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2012
    DaddyO wrote: »
    Nice capture Tom thumb.gif And your story detailing it.
    Opps :-) too many spaces between shots...am only just now picking up the 2nd work. A very good one too.

    Thanks, Michael. I appreciate your support.

    This Sheepeater Cliff is just one of the seemingly hundreds of features you can discover when you really explore Yellowstone. I spent 11 days inside the park ( and several more out into Montana and over to Cody ) and yet I feel I've only scratched the surface of this magnificent place. That Beartooth Hwy. running from Cooke City, MT over to Red Lodge, MT. is majestic beyond belief.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • toragstorags Registered Users Posts: 4,615 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2012
    Very interesting rock formation Tom

    Haven't been to Yellowstone; have to put it on my bucket list
    Rags
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2012
    torags wrote: »
    Very interesting rock formation Tom

    Haven't been to Yellowstone; have to put it on my bucket list

    It was on my bucket list for too long, Rags. Like me, you'll probably kick your butt for not getting to the place sooner. Everything about Yellowstone far exceeded my expectations.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • rwellsrwells Registered Users Posts: 6,084 Major grins
    edited September 10, 2012
    Yellowstone seems to have endless things to amaze!

    Tom, thanks for showing us a bit here and there of Yellowstone.
    Randy
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2012
    rwells wrote: »
    Yellowstone seems to have endless things to amaze!

    Tom, thanks for showing us a bit here and there of Yellowstone.

    I'll be happy if some of what I show prompts some folks to go see this miraculous place for themselves. They won't regret going.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • ian408ian408 Administrators Posts: 21,951 moderator
    edited September 11, 2012
    It's very similar to the Devil's Postpile in Mammoth Lakes. And pretty cool.

    Yellowstone is a very neat place to go. I have always wanted to go in Winter.
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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,325 Major grins
    edited September 11, 2012
    ian408 wrote: »
    It's very similar to the Devil's Postpile in Mammoth Lakes. And pretty cool.

    Yellowstone is a very neat place to go. I have always wanted to go in Winter.

    I'm with you there, Ian. I'm now trying to figure out just when in Winter I'll schedule the trip. My biggest concern is that so much of the park is closed off to access during the bulk of that season.

    Thanks for the visit,

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
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