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The Painted Hills are one of the three units that comprise the John Day Fossil Beds. Take time to also visit the Clarno Unit, with Mars-like pillars formed by waterfalls and volcanic sludge, and the Sheep Rock Unit, where fossils of plants and animals like saber-toothed cats are on display at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. The hills get their name from the delicately colored stratifications in the soil and the yellows, golds, blacks and reds of the Painted Hills are best seen in the late afternoon. Tones and hue may appear to change from one visit to another, as the claystone differ with ever-changing light and moisture levels. Once you see them for yourself, it’s pretty easy to understand why the Painted Hills are one of the 7 Wonders of Oregon.

Beautiful and colorful landscape of the Painted Hills in Eastern Oregon, near John Day.

Scenery at Painted Hills Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA

Colorful hills in central Oregon

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument. Painted Hills, Oregon

Red minerals line the mounds and hills of the Painted Hills Unit of the John Day National Monument in Oregon.

Painted Hills, Oregon, April 2021

Painted Hills Oregon USA Horizontal

Agricultural fields and mountain landscape

View of green and mountains from Carroll rim trail in Painted Hills National Monument in Oregon, USA

The Painted Hills are one of the three units that comprise the John Day Fossil Beds. Take time to also visit the Clarno Unit, with Mars-like pillars formed by waterfalls and volcanic sludge, and the Sheep Rock Unit, where fossils of plants and animals like saber-toothed cats are on display at the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center. The hills get their name from the delicately colored stratifications in the soil and the yellows, golds, blacks and reds of the Painted Hills are best seen in the late afternoon. Tones and hue may appear to change from one visit to another, as the claystone differ with ever-changing light and moisture levels. Once you see them for yourself, it’s pretty easy to understand why the Painted Hills are one of the 7 Wonders of Oregon.

The colorful painted hills of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument on a bright sunny day

Plateau mountains and meadows under a sunny sky

Beautiful and colorful landscape of the Painted Hills in Eastern Oregon, near John Day.

Scenery at Painted Hills Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA

At Dusk on the Colorado Utah State Line Arid Desert Climate Late Winter Stormy Skies at Dusk (Shot with Canon 5DS 50.6mp photos professionally retouched - Lightroom / Photoshop - original size 5792 x 8688 downsampled as needed for clarity and select focus used for dramatic effect)

The painted hills of the John Day fossil beds in western Oregon, USA

beautiful mountain in summer time

The Bentonite Hills, about 14 km (9 mi) north of Utah Hwy 24 on Hartnet Road, east of Capitol Reef National Park, is an area of badlands composed mainly of the mineral bentonite. This is a type of clay composed primarily of montmorillonite, an aluminum phyllosilicate material. It forms from the weathering of ancient volcanic ash when exposed to seawater. At first it is white or pale blue, but eventually can turn cream colored, then red, yellow, and brown. Virtually all of these colors are visible in stratified layers of the Bentonite hills, as are scattered black lava boulders, evidence of ancient volcanic action.

Desert cliffs in a wild landscape in America or USA Wilderness land with blue sky and puffy clouds

Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in Oregon, USA. The painted hills are layers of red volcanic ash and pea-green clay, these vibrant colors produce stunning landscapes.

Beautiful and colorful landscape of the Painted Hills in Eastern Oregon, near John Day.

A beautiful valley surrounded by mountains and glaciers located in southern Wyoming just north of the Colorado border.

Akzhar Ulytau chalk mountains in the desert of Kazakhstan. Rare sandy hills with many multi-colored layers of clay, sand, chalk and gravel of bizarre shape far from civilization with sparse vegetation

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The Painted Hills National Monument has vibrant red hills in Eastern Oregon with fossil beds and historic significance.

Clouds above the stratosphere

Painted Hills Unit of the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument in the high desert of Oregon.

Volcanic Landscape at Nallihan Bird Sanctuary (Nallıhan Kuş Cenneti) in Turkiye's Ankara. Taken via drone.

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