Colored desert

The colorful desert in northern Arizona, in the United States, is one of the most amazing places on our planet. It is a large part of the North American plateau of Colorado. The most beautiful colored hills stretch along the Little Colorado River and form an absolutely incredible landscape. This desert is part of the famous Grand Canyon and is part of the Petrified Trees National Park.

The name desert was first used in 1858 by Lieutenant Joseph Ives, as he described the colored stripes of red, yellow, white, blue and lilac. Hot desert air sometimes turns into pink mist or purple haze – this colored dust rises into the air. Together, all colors form an amazing rainbow, stretched throughout the desert, as if colored waves shimmer over the hills.

To create this amazing canvas nature took millions of years. Faults of the Earth’s crust, ocean waters, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, erosion and sunlight are just a few of the factors that worked on this stunning picture and created one of the most unique landscapes of the planet.