Date Idea 3/9/2014 - Vermilion Cliffs, Arizona

According to Beautiful Places to Visit.com, permits are required to access the vermilion cliffs and only 20 are issued each day. Looks like a beautiful sedimentary landform. I'd love to go explore this properly - look at that unconforrmity!

Date idea 27/8/2014 - Petrified Forest

I've spent some time teaching at the Fossilised Forest on the shore platform at Inverloch, Victoria. It's quite a sight to see huge tree trunks that have been knocked over in a flooding event and preserved with the mud still clinging to the rocks. I've recently found out about an even more impressive fossilized trees - The Arizona Petrified Forest (http://www.nps.gov/pefo/index.htm). Not only does this place have a forest of preserved trees, it also has some amazing fossils too.

Date Ideas 28/5/14 - Painted Hills, Oregon

The painted hills in Oregon (44.660347, -120.253160) are, apparently, volcanic (pyroclastic?) flows. Different chemical compositions result in weathered profiles which give the beds a painted look. I suspect the red is cinders / scoria? Some beautiful photographs come out of this area but I have to wonder what the saturation levels are on the images. Best to find out for ourselves huh?

Lovely image from here, an Oregon visitor information post.  

Photographed by Doug Dolde at the John Day Fossil Beds in Oregon (on wikimedia).

Date idea 30/4/14 - Antelope Canyon

Antelope Canyon formed by erosion of Navajo Sandstone. Arizona, America. 36.859698, -111.374782