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John Day Fossil Beds National Monument |
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Wheeler County
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Mitchell Oregon |
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Wonder of Oregon |
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Laterite Soil |
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Photos taken by Alex Yu |
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May 2015 |
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Painted Hills is one of
the three units of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. This amazing
landscape is listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Oregon. The other two units
are Sheep Rock and Clarno. Due to time constraints I stopped by Painted Hills
and Sheep Rock only. Painted Hills is so named because of its colorful layers
resulting from different formation processes spanning across different
geological eras. The most outstanding red layers are composed of laterite soil
accumulated by floods. |
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