Friday Photopost: Sylvan Lake in the Black Hills

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Here is Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Calling it a "lake" may be kind of an ambitious description of the place. There's not a lot of water in the Black Hills, which goes along with a blessed lack of mosquitoes.

Sylvan Sunset

Next up is from the "Sunday Gulch" trail from the same area. I thought this was a very cool trail, going down, down, down before coming back up. Lots of rock to scramble over and pretty pines. This shot doesn't show anything especially spectacular, but it's the kind of picture I think makes for good wallpaper:

And below the fold is a similar picture at 1200x1600 for people like me with vertically oriented monitors.