The Painted Desert

by Mmac72

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The Painted Desert

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Mmac72

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Photograph - Photography

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The breathtaking scenery in the Painted Desert in Northern Arizona. The photo was taken by stitching together several images in a shape of panorama. The desert is composed of stratified layers of easily erodible siltstone, mudstone, and shale of the Triassic Chinle Formation. These fine grained rock layers contain abundant iron and manganese compounds which provide the pigments for the various colors of the region. Thin resistant lacustrine limestone layers and volcanic flows cap the mesas. Numerous layers of silicic volcanic ash occur in the Chinle and provide the silica for the petrified logs of the area. The erosion of these layers has resulted in the formation of the badlands topography of the region.

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January 17th, 2019

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