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View of mountains with colorful striations in desert southwestern US

Red rocks at Valley of Dreams, New Mexico, USA

Rugged and Scenic landscape of the ancient petrified forest in Arizona

Ichigualasto Provincial Park in San Juan, Argentina, was declared a Protected Area by the Government of the Province of San Juan, and it's also a World Heritage by UNESCO, mainly for its geological and paleontological importance of the place.

Arching clouds over Petrified Forest National Park arid desert landscape in Arizona United States

Aerial view of geological formations at the foot of Bull Ridge at the end of Fifty Mile Mountain near Glen Canyon, San Juan River, Navajo Mountain and Lake Powell, Utah, USA

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Rugged and beautiful landscape in mountains near Tuba City, in northern Arizona

Lot's Wife in Petrified Forest National Park AZ in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, United States

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.

Highly eroded landscape at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

The main road, which crosses all of America: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California. A dream trip

Southeast Arizona, USA - 04/26/2011: Petrified tree at Petrified forest national park in Arizona

Red Orange Petrified Wood Log End Abstract Blue Mesa Petrified Forest National Park Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

Petrified Forest and Painted Desert, USA

$Meteor Crater, also known as Barringer Crater, is a well-known impact crater located near Winslow, Arizona. The red boulders scattered around Meteor Crater are known as the \$

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

Petrified stumps and mesa in one of the world's largest and most colorful concentrations of petrified wood and multi-hued badlands. Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA.

Desert landscape of the petrified forest in Arizona

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Beautiful view of the painted desert area of Petrified Forest National Park Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park

Sunset Bleak landscape of the ancient petrified forest national park in Arizona

Badlands are a particular type of rock formation found in arid regions around the world. These formations require poorly consolidated rock and infrequent but torrential rain. The soft rock allows large quantities of water to channel down gullies, carrying away sediment. Bentonite clay within these formations can swell up with moisture. As the clay dries it shrinks and cracks, creating a surface resembling the skin of an elephant. Beneath the surface, an intricate maze of natural pipes and spaces form within the badlands. This hidden plumbing appears on the face of the badlands as dimples, sinks, slumps and seeps. As erosion continues, new features including caves and natural bridges can form. Badlands often take on varied colors giving the formations a banded appearance. These colorful badland formations were at Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona, USA.

Erosive multi-colored clay in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park is a national park of the United States in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona, famous for petrified logs, fossils, badlands, ancient petroglyphs, painted desert, wildlife and wildflowers

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