This area is a combination of lava flows, red cliffs, white sandstone cliffs, sand dunes, and desert.
Painted effect caused by greenery growing in the lava flow.
Below is Cinder Cone - an extinct volcano that you can hike to the top of. I hiked around the base while Vaughan, of course, had to climb to the top.
Here is the crater at the top of Cinder Cone.
and a close up of a large hunk of lava.
White sandstone cliffs.
Red cliffs, white cliffs, lava, ...
Red cliffs and petrified dunes.
Hiking the petrified dunes
Small arch
and a mini-arch in the making
Hoping to head to Valley of Fire National Park tomorrow (Nevada).
Stay Tuned.
I sure did enjoy the pictures in your post...until a few years ago, I would not have thought rocks to be such a thing of beauty! That has sure changed since we arrived to this part of our country!
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