The Painted Hills of the John Day Fossil Beds Oregon USA

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The Painted Hills unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument Oregon USA The colours of the hills are the result of the layering of different geological eras when the area was an ancient river floodplain The John Day Fossil Beds are world renowned for the well preserved and remarkably complete fossil record found there The black soil is lignite The gray colouring is mudstone siltstone and shale The red colouring is laterite

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Location: Painted Hills, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA
Photo credit: © Peter Carroll / Alamy / Afripics
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