Painted Hills Panorama Near Mitchell, Oregon
Wide autumn panorama of the layered, multicolored Painted Hills and eroded badlands near Mitchell, Oregon.
A wide stitched panorama shows the layered, heavily eroded formations of the Painted Hills near Mitchell in east-central Oregon. Ochre, tan, yellow, orange, rust, brown, and gray bands define the arid geological landscape beneath a clear blue sky.
The stitched panorama captures rounded and sharply folded sedimentary hills with visible ochre, tan, yellow, orange, rust, brown, and muted gray bands. Deep erosion channels create sweeping lines across the formations, while lower hills and a distant mountain ridge extend beneath the open blue sky. The location is within the Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, accessed from Bear Creek Road in Wheeler County.
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A wide autumn panorama of multicolored, eroded sedimentary hills in the Painted Hills Unit near Mitchell, Oregon.
The photograph was made on Bear Creek Road in Wheeler County, within the Painted Hills Unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument.
The image was captured in autumn on October 6, 2017.
Wide autumn panorama of the layered, multicolored Painted Hills and eroded badlands near Mitchell, Oregon.
Stitched autumn panorama of the multicolored Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon, showing layered ridges, eroded gullies, and a shallow valley.
Autumn panorama of the layered Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon, with colorful eroded terrain beneath a clear blue sky.
Autumn panorama of multicolored eroded hills and an open valley near Mitchell, Oregon.
Stitched panorama of Oregon’s layered Painted Hills, open valley, and distant mountain ridge.
Panoramic autumn landscape of layered, multicolored sedimentary hills at Painted Cove Trail near Mitchell, Oregon.
Stitched panorama of colorful eroded hills, a broad valley, and distant mountains at Painted Hills Overlook Trail near Mitchell, Oregon.
Autumn panorama of multicolored eroded badlands at Painted Cove Trail in Oregon’s Painted Hills Unit.
Wide autumn panorama of Oregon’s Painted Hills, with eroded hills, ponds, distant ridges, and warm low-angle light.
Wide autumn panorama of the multicolored, eroded Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon.
Stitched autumn panorama of the color-banded Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon.
Autumn panorama of the layered, multicolored Painted Hills near Mitchell, Oregon.