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The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

Blue sky over Painted Desert National Park on old Route 66 in Arizona United Sttes

Gloss mountains national park or glass mountains, Oklahoma

The Painted Desert is an interesting and colorful part of Northern Arizona. It starts south of Holbrook and extends about 120 miles north almost to the Utah border. It encompasses about 7,500 square miles of the Colorado Plateau. The area is made up of colorful mudstone and sandstone known as the Chinle Formation. The rocks of the Chinle Formation were deposited from 227 to 205 million years ago during the Triassic Period. Over the next 180 million years the rocks were buried, uplifted and then eroded into the present-day badland topography. This photograph of the Painted Desert was taken from Little Painted Desert County Park near Winslow, Arizona, USA.

The Cathedral Gorge state park with its patterns made erosions of bentonite clay, Nevada

Aerial view of rock formations in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA.

Scenery at Valley of Dreams, New Mexico, USA

East Rim of Tiponi Valley in Petrified Forest AZ in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States

The Painted Desert on a sunny day. Diverse sedimentary rocks and clay washed out by water. Petrified Forest National Park, USA, Arizona

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

Majestic rock formation of sandstone, Monument Valley, Utah, Arizona, USA

The Painted Desert is an interesting and colorful part of Northern Arizona. It starts south of Holbrook and extends about 120 miles north almost to the Utah border. It encompasses about 7,500 square miles of the Colorado Plateau. The area is made up of colorful mudstone and sandstone known as the Chinle Formation. The rocks of the Chinle Formation were deposited from 227 to 205 million years ago during the Triassic Period. Over the next 180 million years the rocks were buried, uplifted and then eroded into the present-day badland topography. This photograph of the Painted Desert was taken from Little Painted Desert County Park near Winslow, Arizona, USA.

Cliffs and detritus rockfall in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona United States

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

Panoramic view of the Painted Desert National Park mountains shows the beautiful geologic formation, patterns and colors that give this park its name.

Badlands National Park desert west side at sunset in southwest South Dakota. Nearest towns are Wall, Rapid City, Sundance South Dakota, western USA, North America.

A stunning view of the Painted Desert with its unique layered rock formations under a clear blue sky

Scenery at Painted Hills Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

Red Orange Yellow Petrified Wood Log Blue Mesa Petrified Forest National Park Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park, a natural attraction place with many petrified tree trunks and fossils, in Arizona, USA.

Petrified wood is formed when dead trees are buried by layers of sediment. The logs soak up groundwater and silica from volcanic ash and over time are crystallized into quartz. Different minerals create the colors seen in the logs. These petrified logs are at the Rainbow Forest in Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona, USA.

Desert landscape of the petrified forest in Arizona

Eroded sedimentary rocks of Cedar Breaks National Monument near Bryan Head Utah

View of Fairytale canyon (Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan) in winter

Harsh landscape of the ancient petrified forest national park in Arizona

Western US desert landscap

Hoodoos in Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

Red, rolling hills in the Painted Desert, Arizona

Scenery of Bisti Northern Section, Farmington, New Mexico, USA

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