This densely layered image is not an error of your screen, but the fascinating tiers of fossil beds in Badlands National Park in South Dakota, USA. Under the multicoloured coating lies the land"s history, conserving the remains of ancient horses, camels, tigers and rhinos. The barren landscape, decorated with pinnacles and prairies, was mainly formed by two contrary forces of nature: deposition (the process of small rocks being moved around and deposited in new places) and erosion (the process of rocks wearing away). The Red Shirt Table, at 1,020 metres, is the highest point on the rugged terrain. The park covers a 379-square-mile territory that was established as a national park on this day in 1978. Still thirsty for knowledge? Visit the national park"s museum collection. There are over 360,000 artefacts that have a lot more to reveal!
Badlands National Park, South Dakota, USA
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
A pink moon over Arizona
-
Meet for lunch?
-
Where fire and water meet
-
A peck between penguins
-
Get ready for the blood moon
-
Dare to delve into this dense swamp
-
Peek-a-boo, I see you!
-
Black History Month begins
-
Bavarian Forest National Park, Germany
-
Park of the Monsters
-
A duckling swimming in a water meadow, Suffolk, England
-
Discovery Day in Yukon, Canada
-
Turtle-y nice day for a swim
-
Sunlight turning silver to gold
-
What are these colorful insects?
-
Passing with flying colours
-
Pegadung Rock, Lampung, Sumatra, Indonesia
-
A salty situation
-
The bears of summer
-
Carnival of Venice
-
Wind powered ice racing
-
A longstanding ode to love
-
Rainbow around the Sun
-
Puffins pucker up
-
Drifting through Kerala
-
A flashy, frigid waterfowl
-
Incan ingenuity
-
Lei Day
-
The Town of Books
-
Mount Hood, Oregon, USA