Dried old riverbed in Toadstool Geologic Park, Nebraska Badlands formed about 45 million years ago

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Approximately 45 million years ago northwest Nebraska was subtropical with bushes, shrubs, and trees and fast flowing rivers. Today the landscape is starkly beautiful and desolate. There are fossil tracks and ancient dried riverbeds.

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Location: Toadstool Geologic Park, Crawford, Nebraska
Photo credit: © Neala McCarten / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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