Today's Photo

North of Toronto, Ontario is a geographic anomaly called the Badlands. Cheltenham Badlands to be exact.  Around the turn of the century (that's 1900) cattle grazing and clear cutting (and probably a few natural occurring processes) caused the red rock to become exposed.  This, with the steep gullies gives this area a unique appearance compared to the rolling farmland that surrounds it.  This photo was taken out of pure luck.  Hundreds of people were at the badlands that day, and the sun was shining enough to blanch out the colour.  I managed to get this shot with no one in sight, when the clouds moved in briefly.  This gave me a few seconds to get the colour.  Most likely, there are 10  - 20 people running around in the gullies in this photo, giving you an idea as to how steep the terrain is.  This was taken with a Nikon D200, Nikon 17 - 55mm Lens, with a Moose Peterson - Hoya Circ/Pol filter.