Pig Dig at Badlands National Park

In the early 90's a photographer discovered a bone in the ground and he did the right thing, he left it and reported it to the proper people. This discovery turned into a 15 year excavation where they collected 10,000+ specimens.

During my Artist in Residency position I was asked if I would be willing to take a of the Pig Dig site to be used on a new wayside sign. It ends up that the picture will be used on two 4'x6 signs, one at Fossil Trail and one on the Pig Dig trail that they are building in 2013 I was very happy and excited to get this shot for the park. Below is the full image I created, though it will be cropped down to the needed proportions.

The original image is 27" x 62" and I took 105 shots to create this picture. It took many hours to get it stitched together properly due to the fast moving clouds.

I looks forward to going back to the park and seeing the signs installed with my picture on them.