The "sled log" in the Blue Forest (Blue Mesa and Sonsela Members, Chinle Formation) .
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Looking down on the Rainbow Forest badlands from cliffs of the Flattops Sandstone #1.
Sonsela Member hoodoos in the "Devil's Playground" area of the park.
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Pedestal petrified logs in the Sonsela Member at Blue Mesa.
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Looking down on the Rainbow Forest badlands from cliffs of the Flattops Sandstone #1.
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Reddish badlands of the Petrified Forest Member capped by volcanics of the Pliocene Bidahochi Formation.
You may be biased, but I'm not. And I have to agree -- it's one of the most beautiful places I've been to. (It ties with the Norwegian coast, which is too different to compare directly.)
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