Photo Gallery (U.S. National Park Service)

This collection provides examples of natural rock coatings including Desert Varnish. For more information on Desert Varnish, please visit the shared content article "Desert Varnish" at https://www.nps.gov/articles/desertvarnish.htm

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Photograph of blocks of large basalt blocks with petroglyphs carved into the dark patina of desert varnish on the large boulders, exposing the lighter colored basaltic rock beneath.

Inside Cover

2848 x 4288
8.9 MB

Photograph of desert varnish.

Desert Varnish

1536 x 2048
0.6 MB

Photograph of cross-bedding—sets of diagonal lines preserved in rock—in the Coconino Sandstone.

Coconino Sandstone 0773

2550 x 1708
2.3 MB

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