Wilderness Series - IN BACK OF BEYOND - Strange and preposterous lands
Chinle Rainbow
Artwork ID # 2306-31626-7
Chinle Rainbow
The last light of the day illuminates the Paria Bluffs in Paria River Canyon in Utah, on the western side of the Kaibab Uplift.. These multi-colored bluffs are part of the geological Petrified Forest Member of the Chinle Formation as well surrounding areas known as the " painted desert ". Several tribes of our Native American people remember their ancestors referring to these same areas as " the lands of the sleeping rainbows ",
UtahEscalante Grand Staircase National MonumentGingham Skirt ButteJurassiclandscapebentonitepainted desertsunsetTriassicColorado PlateauChinle FormationLand of the Sleeping RainbowParia CanyonbluffsMorrison Formationvolcano ashpetrified woodsagebadlandsiron oxidesmanganesecobaltcolor
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