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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.

Eroded desert landscape in Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona United States

Painted desert badlands. Arizona, USA

Overview of the expanse of fossilized and petrified trunks, dating back to the Late Triassic Epoch, about 225 million years ago, in the Pietrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

The colourful rocks of Nizhoni Point at Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

Blue Mesa trail in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA.

Scenic view of the formation known as The Teepes, in the Petrified Desert National Park, in the State of Arizona, USA; Concept for travel in America and road trip

$Nearly a thousand years ago natives inhabited the plains between the Painted Desert and the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. In an area so dry it would seem impossible to live, they built pueblos, harvested rainwater, grew crops and raised families. Today the remnants of their villages dot the landscape. Wukoki, a modern Hopi word for \$

Desolate landscape in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona United States

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

Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

A unique desert landscape with out of this world scenery. Including bentonite hills and colorful layers.

Petrified Forest, Arizona / USA - July 26, 2020: Colorful mesas rise in the distance at Petrified Forest National Park on a hot, summer day.

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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.

Blue sky over Petrified Forest National Park desert in Arizona United States

The Bentonite Hills, about 14 km (9 mi) north of Utah Hwy 24 on Hartnet Road, east of Capitol Reef National Park, is an area of badlands composed mainly of the mineral bentonite. This is a type of clay composed primarily of montmorillonite, an aluminum phyllosilicate material. It forms from the weathering of ancient volcanic ash when exposed to seawater. At first it is white or pale blue, but eventually can turn cream colored, then red, yellow, and brown. Virtually all of these colors are visible in stratified layers of the Bentonite hills, as are scattered black lava boulders, evidence of ancient volcanic action.

$Painted desert with path and cool \ncontrails in the blue sky, Arizona$

Panoramic of the beautiful landscape of the Canadian Badlands in Alberta, Canada. Multiple files stitched.

Rugged and Scenic landscape of the ancient petrified forest in Arizona

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

Colorful Hikers The Tepees Hills Badland Formation Painted Desert Petrified Forest National Park Arizona Deposited over 200 million years ago.

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.

Petrified Forest National Park dry desert landscape on old Route 66 in Arizona United States

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

This mountain looks like a multicolored pyramid as you are coming up the park road.

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

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