Eroded landscape. Aerial photograph of part of the painted desert, Australia. The red and brown crust covering sand and stones is known as desert varn

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Eroded landscape. Aerial photograph of part of the painted desert, Australia. The red and brown crust covering sand and stones is known as desert varnish. Erosion of this crust by wind and rare rainfall, reveals the original underlying light subsoil.

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Size: 3757px × 3764px
Photo credit: © BERNHARD EDMAIER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: aerial, arid, australia, australian, desert, earth, environment, eroded, erosion, geography, geology, geomorphology, nature, painted, photograph, ridge, ridges, rock, rocks, sandstone, science, sedimentary, stone, stones, varnish, weathered, weathering