








Chalk Pyramids, Kansas
May '90
Don't ever believe the cliche that Kansas is "boring". How many
people would've expected Kansas to have a natural arch? Well, OK,
maybe it's just a "window". But, still... way out in the middle of
the High Plains?!? To me, these chalk
formations of west Kansas are even more remarkable than the
Pawnee Buttes. They're
not nearly as large as Colorado's buttes, but they're so much further
east. Maybe they were once orphans of nearby mesas - but the mesas
are gone now. Now these formations are just out there alone,
completely surrounded by the flatness of the Smoky Hill River
basin.
February '92




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