Study - Hermosa, South Dakota - 6" x 8"

In the first episode of Prehistoric Road Trip my film crew and I headed out to a ranch located outside of Hermosa, South Dakota, with a paleontologist interested in documenting how animals decompose as a way of learning about the process of fossilization. You can watch that segment here: How Do Fossils Form?

While the focus of that scene was fixed on the decomposing skunk staked to the ground inside of a dog crate (to prevent scavenging by large animals, of course), the backdrop was the absolutely loveliest rolling hills of nearly neon-colored clover. I’ll never get the dreaminess of it out of my mind.