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The Tower is an astounding geologic feature that protrudes out of the prairie surrounding the Black
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Medicine Rocks State Park is certified by DarkSky International as a International Dark Sky Sanctuary in U.S.A., with protected or recognized conditions for night-sky viewing.
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The rugged beauty of the Badlands draws visitors from around the world. These striking geologic deposits contain one of the world’s richest fossil beds. Ancient horses and rhinos once roamed here. The park’s 244,000 acres protect an expanse of mixed-grass prairie where bison, bighorn sheep, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets live today. The National Park Service lists this location for astronomy activities.
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In the early 1900s, paleontologists unearthed the Age of Mammals when they found full skeletons of extinct Miocene mammals in the hills of Nebraska -- species previously only known through fragments. At the same time, an age of friendship began between rancher James Cook and Chief Red Cloud of the Lakota. These two unprecedented events are preserved and protected here... at Agate Fossil Beds. The National Park Service lists this location for astronomy activities.
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