Painted Desert 2
by Teresa Zieba
Title
Painted Desert 2
Artist
Teresa Zieba
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area running from near the east end of the Grand Canyon National Park southeast into the Petrified Forest National Park.
The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors, that not only include the more common red rock, but even shades of lavender.
The Painted Desert was named by an expedition under Francisco V�zquez de Coronado on his 1540 quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola. Passing through the wonderland of colors, they named the area "El Desierto Pintada" - The Painted Desert.
The desert is composed of stratified layers of easily erodible siltstone, mudstone, and shale of the Triassic Chinle Formation. These fine grained rock layers contain abundant iron and manganese compounds which provide the pigments for the various colors of the region.
Located in Arizona, USA
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June 9th, 2016
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