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Layered Monuments
Mile 1,040, Petrified Forest, AZ
This may be the single most “wow” sight of the entire Petrified Forest: A collection of hills called The Tepees. The color legend is as follows: The top gray layer is mostly clay, the red is an “iron-stained siltstone,” and the whiter strips are sandstone.