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		Badlands << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Prairie Home Photograph by Annie Griffiths Belt More than a million acres of rolling South Dakota prairie surrounds the harsh, mostly lifeless buttes in Badlands National Park. On the western edge of the region as many as 1,500 buffalo graze in Custer State Park (above); bison reintroduction there began in the early 1900s, shortly after the animals were nearly wiped out. Badlands National Park itself harbors about 800 buffalo, brought back in 1963. Camera: Nikon F4 Film Type: Fujichrome Velvia 50 Lens: Nikkor 20-35mm Speed and F-Stop: 1/125 @ f/8 Weather Conditions: Overcast Time of Day: Late afternoon Lighting Techniques: Natural light

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