Sunset and Moonrise at Painted Ridge, 16-September-2021

Painted Ridge is one of the outstanding features in the Painted Hills unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Reddish layers indicate a wet tropical environment. Yellower layers happened when the area was drier, but still not yet a desert.

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