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Highly eroded landscape at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Painted desert badlands. Arizona, USA

Rugged and Scenic landscape of the ancient petrified forest in Arizona

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Blue Mesa Scenic Trail, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

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.

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

Petrified Forest, Arizona / USA - July 26, 2020: A petrified log sits on the ground with mesas in the background in Petrified Forest National Park.

Beautiful colrs in Petrified Trees in Petrified Forest National Park

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

View of mountains with colorful striations in desert southwestern US

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.

Petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Red rocks at Valley of Dreams, New Mexico, USA

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.

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

Focus stacked colorful petrified tree trunk. Petrified wood log in the Petrified Forest.

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

Petrified Forest National Park

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona.

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

Harsh landscape of the ancient petrified forest national park in Arizona

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA

Landscape at Bisti Southern Section, Farmington, New Mexico, USA

Petrified Forest National Park is a United States national park in Navajo and Apache counties in northeastern Arizona.

Petrified Forest, Arizona / USA - July 26, 2020: An eroded rock outcrop stands out against colorful mesas that rise in the distance at Petrified Forest National Park on a hot, summer day.

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