Painted Desert (Arizona)
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The Painted Desert is a United States desert of badlands in the Four Corners area, running from near the east end of Grand Canyon National Park and southeast into Petrified Forest National Park. It is most easily accessed from the north portion of Petrified Forest National Park. The Painted Desert is known for its brilliant and varied colors: these include the more common red rock, but also shades of lavender.
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The Painted Desert, Petrified Forest National Park
The gray and red colored bands across the landform are typical of most geologic features in the Painted Desert.
Painted Desert with logs of petrified wood, Petrified Forest National Park
Tuba City, Arizona
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Tuba City is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in Coconino County, Arizona, on the Navajo Nation, United States. It is the second-largest community in Coconino County. The population of the census-designated place (CDP) was 8,611 at the 2010 census.
Tuba Trading Post built in 1905
Tuba City cornfield, 1941. Photo by Ansel Adams
Tuba City from above in February 2024
Tuba City Chapter House of the Navajo Nation.