painted desert

amazing arizona badlands bands beautiful city cliffs climate cold colorful colors compounds coniferous desert dry erodible erosion exposing formation forms fossilized geologic grained gray horizon hot iron landscape layers limestone manganese nation national navajo orange painted park peaks pigments plants plateau prehistoric preserved protected red region remnants rock sediment shale shifting silica siltstone soil southwest state states stone stratified tan topography triassic united various vermilion views volcanic water western white wilderness wind wonder years