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Scenic overlook at Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah

Stunning rock formations in Capital Reef National Park, Utah, USA. Lots of unique shapes made out of red, orange and grey stones.

The Painted Hills are one of the three units that comprise the John Day Fossil Beds. Take time to also visit the Clarno Unit, with Mars-like pillars formed by waterfalls and volcanic sludge, and the Sheep Rock Unit, where fossils of plants and animals like saber-toothed cats are on display at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. The hills get their name from the delicately colored stratifications in the soil and the yellows, golds, blacks and reds of the Painted Hills are best seen in the late afternoon. Tones and hue may appear to change from one visit to another, as the claystone differ with ever-changing light and moisture levels. Once you see them for yourself, it’s pretty easy to understand why the Painted Hills are one of the 7 Wonders of Oregon.

The Berkeley Pit, a former open pit copper mine located in Butte, Montana, is currently one of the largest Superfund sites that is filled with water that is heavily acidic.

Bryce Point from Paria View Overlook, Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA.

Desert valley. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah.

Badland, red lands without vegetation of the Fardes River Valley.

Kapadokya is an area in Central Anatolia in Turkey best known for its unique moon-like landscape, underground cities, cave churches and houses carved in the rocks.

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA: eroded cliff side - Geologic time periods marked by major changes in the fossil record - rock strata covering the Permian age, Triassic age, Miocene-Pliocene age and at the top the Quaternary age - this cliff includes the Permian-Triassic (P-T) extinction boundary, colloquially known as the Great Dying, that took place about 248 million years ago. The extinction was caused by climate change. The main cause of extinction was the vast amount of carbon dioxide emitted by volcanic eruptions that created the Siberian Traps, which elevated global temperatures and acidified the oceans. Geological time scale, part of the Caprock Escarpment - Texas Panhandle.

Sunset View Overlook at Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah_6947

View inside the Ubehebe crater in the Death Valley National Park. Marvel at the vibrant colors adorning the crater walls and geological formations, creating a mesmerizing nature's artistry

Yellowstone River cuts a deep canyon as it moves north in the Yellowstone Ecosystem in western USA and North America. Nearest cities are Gardiner, Cooke City, Bozeman, Billings, Montana, Jackson, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah and Denver, Colorado.

Aerial view of canyons in Monument Valley, Arizona, USA.

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, United States

Scenery at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA

Beautiful and colorful landscape of the Painted Hills in Eastern Oregon, near John Day.

Checkerboard Mesa in Zion National Park in Utah, USA

Barren landscape of the Badlands of Drumheller, Alberta, Canada

Mountains near lower Terrace Scenic Drive in Yellowstone

The namesake yellow coloring of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is evident in Yellowstone National Park.

Painted Hills. A geologic site in Wheeler County, Oregon

Summer scenery at Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota, USA

Medium shot of red rock formation in Tien Shan mountains (Jeti Oguz, Kyrgyzstan)

$East exit of Zion National Park / past the Canyon overlook Trail -near and around Checkerboard Mesa : This famous formation was originally named so by Preston P. Patrow, the 3rd superintendent of Zion. Standing at 6,670 feet, it was named for its checkerboard appearance caused by th horizontal cross-bedding of ancient sand dunes and vertical cracking due to expansion and contraction of the sandstone during winter. The unusual crack pattern in the sandstone hills resemble a grid much like you would see on a checkerboard. \nDesert Bighorn, perfectly adapted to survive in severe desert climate are seen between Zion-Mt. Carmel Tunnel & East Entrance.$

Desert valley and cliffs. Escalante Staircase National Monument, Utah.

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