Colorful striated mounds, cones, buttes and fins in Blue Mesa, Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA


Blue, grey, white, lavender and green striated mounds, cones, buttes and fins can be found in Blue Mesa. These color bands are the result of mineral presence and water levels at the time of sedimentary deposition. Painted Desert and Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA


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