This is a vertical panorama of Spearfish Falls; a popular attraction of Spearfish Canyon in the Black Hills area of South Dakota.  Spearfish Canyon was one of my favorite areas.  Highway US-14A  winds through an incredibly beautiful, deep and narrow gorge with a small but active river running alongside the road. This is also where we saw mountain goats along the roadway and on the hills.

This is a panoramic image (3 individual photos joined together) because the observation spot is so close to the falls, I couldn’t fit the whole thing in the frame using the lens I had with me.  We were close enough to feel the mist/spray from the falls.

This photo was taken on a cool, dreary day and, in fact, it started to rain on us; which hastened our departure.  To get to the falls there is a nice half-mile trail.  This photo was taken in mid-September so the flow is considerably less than you would experience in the spring.

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