A dead shrub at lower left carries the view into the middle ground, here featuring a pair of light-toned eroded mudstone mounds. Above and behind rises a striking flattop pinnacle in the distance, whose left flank supports additional eroded cliff faces. Junipers and grasses are seen at middle left, with a nearly featureless sky above. Canon 5DII, f/11, 50mm

Even when the #background is your primary focus, you need a strong foreground to draw the viewer into the image.
Undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico.

#eck #blueskyartshow #badlands #backofbeyond #newmexico #hiking #wilderness #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #classicmono #sepia

A suggestively shaped limestone hoodoo sits on a pedestal of weathered mudstone, on a sloping plain speckled with ironstone concretions. Additional odd rock formations appear in the background, along with several scrubby trees.

Intrusive: NW New Mexico

#stone #blueskyartshow #eck #landscapephotography #badlands #erosion #backofbeyond #geology #rockformation

A huge reddish boulder rests at an angle atop a broad pillar of mudstone. At its base stand an array of tiny hoodoos. The flat plain around them stretches toward a highly stratified mountain of varicolored silt and mudstone, its top invisible above the image border. The sky at right is deep blue.

Idol worshippers: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#blueskyartshow #stone #eck #newmexico #badlands #landscapephotography #erosion #wilderness #hiking #backofbeyond #hoodoos

A sweeping view of a low-angle slope rising from the bottom of the image toward a flat at approximate eye level. The ground does indeed look broken, made up of innumerable fragments of dark rock and a few larger light-toned rocks the size of small boulders. At middle left is a nicely sculpted slope of whitish eroded mudstone. A ragged series of cliffs appears at upper left, additional mounds and cliffs on the far horizon, and a pine tree anchoring the scene at upper right.

Broken ground: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#scape #eck #landscape #photography #blackandwhite #badlands #newmexico #classicmono #backofbeyond #wilderness #hiking

A line of deeply eroded cliffs stretches from lower left to upper right in this image. There is tonal banding obvious in the cliff face, and huge boulders perched at the top. A few hardy pines are interspersed among the boulders. At the foot of the cliff, silt and mudstone predominate, with occasional chunks of harder rock and one incipient hoodoo.

Scarp scape: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#scape #eck #landscapehpotography #classicmono #blackandwhite #erosion #geology #newmexico #hiking #backofbeyond

TIGS2026の設営完了しました！
Back of Beyondブースでお待ちしています。ぜひ遊びに来てください！

TOKYO INDIE GAMES SUMMIT 2026
🗓:03/20 （金）～03/21 （土）
📍:IMAGINUS イマジナス
🎯:S-27 TAIPEI GAME SHOW

#TIGS2026 #BackofBeyond

Small scale erosional features in siltstone and mudstone on a slightly sloping desert floor. The variously-shaped mounds and protrusions are differentially weathered and appear to be melting into the base layer. In the background we see the base of a larger formation whose upper sections are out of view.

Groundforms: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#landscapephotography #ECK #classicmono #NewMexico #badlands #backofbeyond #wilderness #hiking #erosion #geology #desert

Sparse but healthy-looking grass clumps grow in the bottom of a dry wash. At its far side the smooth sand surface undercuts a vertical mass of reddish mudstone, heavily weathered and extending upward beyond the top of the photo.

Encroachment: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscape #photography #nature #erosion #grass #wilderness #backofbeyond #mudstone

A number of small hoodoos sit atop a yellowish mudstone cliff capped by a light gray-colored harder rock. Beyond the shoulder of this hill at left rises a huge eroded peak showing successive bands of different-colored strata, from yellow to brick to ash-gray and red. The sky is faultless blue.

Complex erosional terrain: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #badlands #erosion #geology #hiking #wilderness #backofbeyond #hoodoos #NewMexico

Thank you to everyone who came by and tried the game these past few days!
For those of you who wanted to play but couldn’t make it to the event, we’ve got good news:

our steam playtest is now live! 🎉
We’d love to hear your feedback on our Discord!

#BackOfBeyond #IndieDev

感謝這幾天來現場試玩的朋友們
至於想玩卻沒法來的朋友，有個好消息要給你們
就是我們的封測demo版也開始了!
到steam的Back of Beyond頁面
加入Playtest就可以玩到最新的封測版
遊玩後有感想與意見
都可以到Back of Beyond的Discord上找我們聊聊
期待各位的回饋喔!

#BackOfBeyond #IndieDev

A striking flowstone feature in shades of pink and red rises toward the sky. Its topmost features are sharp and ragged, with a hoodoo topping off the pinnacle at right center. Yet-higher cliffs are hinted at in the far right distance.

False summit: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Landscapephotography #NewMexico #mudstone #badlands #backofbeyond #hiking #offtrail #wilderness #erosion #geology #hoodoo #EastCoastKin

A tortured, deeply eroded ridge of mudstone stretches across the frame from upper left to lower right. A dark shadow separates part of the ridge across the center, while beyond and below we see a flat plain dotted with scrub and another line of cliffs in the distance. The sky is featureless.

The texture of disruption: time of change
Undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #NewMexico #wilderness #backofbeyond #hiking #blackandwhite #classicmono #erosion #geology

Twin spindly hoodoos rise above and behind a heavily eroded mudstone mound. Additional broken terrain is visible in the distance and far left. The sky is featureless.

The same image rendered in color. The sky is cerulean blue, while the mound shows shades of gray and brick red.

In the true (twoo?) spirit of #Twosday, here are a pair of showoff #hoodoos, presented in two different renderings (B&W and color). Undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#landscapephotography #eastcoastkin #wilderness #hiking #backofbeyond

A peaceful monochrome scenic shot of a badlands vista, with a mound of siltstone centered in the image, juniper trees to the right and a higher, steeper ridgeline behind. The sky is mostly featureless and tinted dark.

Intervening: undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #blackandwhite #wilderness #backofbeyond #erosion #geology #rockformations #hiking

An oddly shaped limestone mass sits atop a pedestal of eroded mudstone. The gently sloping ground on which it stands is slowly eroding away. Behind, in the middle ground, pinyon pines flank the beginning of steeper slopes rising toward a shale and mudstone mountain.

Intimate, closeup view of a light-colored limestone plaque held aloft by a pedestal of slowly eroding mudstone. Behind, in close proximity, rises a massive hill of multi-hued clay and mudstone. The sky above is faultless blue.

Two pieces from the sculpture garden: undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#BlueSkyArtShow #EastCoastKin #rockformations #landscapephotography #hiking #wilderness #offtrail #backofbeyond #onapedestal

Eroded hills of multi-hued mudstone serve as a bulwark in front of a steep-sided promontory composed of harder, more resilient rock. At the base of the promontory is a cluster of low, scrubby trees. The sky above is faultlessly blue.

A mighty fortress: undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #wilderness #hiking #erosion #geology #backofbeyond #offtrail

A complex badlands terrain showing deeply eroded pinnacles, hoodoos and steep-sided faces composed of mudstone and harder caprocks. A myriad of whimsical figures may be imagined. The sky is featureless.

Behind his back, they snicker.

#classicmono #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #badlands #hiking #backofbeyond #erosion #geology #wilderness #NewMexico #hoodoos

Several rounded boulders sit and the base of an eroding, multi-hued slope of mudstone. The sky above is streaked with fair weather clouds.

A slender pedestal of whitish mudstone is capped by an iron-colored rock of harder material, roughly shaped like a gorilla's head.

Under a faultless blue sky stretches a range of stratified mudstone hills and ridges. The foreground features a rapidly eroding blob-like mass of mudstone, with streaks radiating out from it toward the observer's viewpoint.

🎵These are a few from my favorite place:
an undisclosed badlands locality in NW #NewMexico
1. Three wise rocks (plus a couple extras)
2. The tree topper
3. The snowman (on his back and melting)

#landscapephotography #backofbeyond #hiking #wilderness #erosion #geology #EastCoastKin #offtrail

A prominent peak rises behind a pair of hoodoos. Its slopes show sedimentation of varying shades. The foreground presents a series of upward-sloping mudstone and gray shale layers. The sky above is vivid blue with a centrally located puffy white cloud.

It's #BlueSkyMonday in the Lybrook badlands, NW #NewMexico. Because: what's blue sky without a few clouds for contrast?

#badlands #backofbeyond #EastCoastKin #erosion #geology #hiking #wilderness #landscapephotography #terrain #hoodoos
#sedimentation

A prominent, heavily eroded peak looms above the rim of a steep badlands terrain, with a pair of boulders forming a wide v-shape atop the ridge. A lighter-toned boulder at bottom center appears to be split in the middle and eroding from within. A single wispy cloud floats by n the sky.

Few will be surprised that I chose a #badlands photo to post under #FavoriteThings. And this counts double b/c it's taken at my favorite place - an undisclosed locality in NW #NewMexico.

#landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #blackandwhite #classicmono #hiking #backofbeyond #erosion

Colorful banding on the layers of this mudstone and rock façade in a desert-like environment. A tall pillar of pink mudstone stands at lower right, with a white limestone-appearing boulder at its side. The foreground is covered with a carpet of ironstone pebbles. Pine trees rise incongruously in the middle distance at left, while the top of the ridge behind is capped by flat rocks under a brilliant blue sky.

Up against it: undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #landscapephotography #erosion #geology #hiking #backofbeyond #rockformation #terrain

A jumble of shapes and colors make it hard to focus on a particular element, but two stand out: The flat, angled boulder at the bottom, and the central pointed mudstone mound at top center. Between these features we see a line of incipient hoodoos weathering out of the tilted surface. In the upper distance is a jagged ridgeline against the clear blue sky.

Levels of insanity: undisclosed badlands locality, NW New Mexico

#landscapephotography #EastCoastKin #bluesky #badlands #backofbeyond #erosion #NewMexico #geology #hiking #terrain #offtrail

A flat-topped butte at left towers over the ridgeline behind it, while at right and just before it stands a heavily-eroded hill with intense stratification. In the foreground at right, quite near the camera, is a mudstone mound that looks like a blob with wavy edges. The sky is featureless aside from a single tiny cloud at upper left.

Here's a crazy-quilt #Scape from one of my favorite places: a badlands locality in NW #NewMexico that I'm keeping to myself.

#BWFri #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin #badlands #wilderness #landscape #rockformation #hiking #backofbeyond #geology #erosion

A spindly dead tree stretches across the photo from lower right to top center, its branches devoid of leaves. At its base are mixed grasses, while in the out-of-focus background we see a colorful badlands terrain showing clear stratification. The blue sky is faultless.

Leaning tree: undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#wilderness #deadtree #landscapephotography #hiking #backofbeyond #stratification

A heavily eroded, clearly stratified mudstone mound with a small tree on top takes up the right-center part of this contrasty image. Various low-growing bushy plants spread out across the bottom/foreground, with a more prominent ridge and larger trees taking up the upper far right. The sky is featureless, and we can barely see a sloping ridge or mountain at center left in the hazy distance.

A hill to climb: undisclosed #badlands locality, NW #NewMexico

#blackandwhite #highcontrast #landscapephotography #wilderness #backofbeyond #hiking #notrail #erosion

A set of towering rock formations loom over a sloping mudstone fan in a treeless desert. A pocket of large rocks and boulders rests as if cradled by surrounding hillocks at the top of the slope at left, where a shadow line seems to encircle them. The sky is nearly featureless with a few small clouds.

Upslope: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah #wilderness, NW #NewMexico

#landscapephotography #blackandwhite #hiking #badlands #erosion #geology #backofbeyond #rockformation #hoodoos

Looking down into a basin chock full of hoodoos and other weird rock formations, rendered here in stark, heavily-shadowed monochrome. The distant horizon line is barely visible at top, along with a glimpse of featureless sky. Canon 5DII, f/8 for 1/125 sec.

Hoodoo grotto in morning light: Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah, NW #NewMexico

#Scape #EastCoastKin #LandscapePhotography #blackandwhite #classicmono #wilderness #erosion #geology #hiking #backofbeyond #rockformation #hoodoos #monochrome #badlands

A pair of irregularly-shaped hoodoos stand atop a low ridge of mudstone under a deep blue sky with scattered clouds. The caprocks atop these rock formations are an iron-red sandstone, with hundreds of smaller ironstone pebbles scattered on the hillside below.

Hillside sentinels, Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah, NW #NewMexico.
I always seem to gravitate back to the #badlands.

#wilderness #hiking #landscapephotography #erosion #hoodoos #backofbeyond #rockformation

We're developing a dark strategy game called “Back of Beyond.”
It’s a Balatro-like deckbuilding roguelite set in a town chosen by eldritch gods.
Manage your followers, build strange facilities, and survive each divine trial.

Wishlist it on Steam soon!

#BackofBeyond #indiegame #pitchyagame