Bisti Badlands

Images from the surreal desert landscape known as the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in the four corners region of northwestern New Mexico.
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  • Red Mounds of Bisti

    Red Mounds of Bisti

    In the midst of the Bisti/De Na Zin wilderness, a pair of red mounds rises from the desert floor.

  • Under a Threatening Sky

    Under a Threatening Sky

    An approaching storm combines with the setting sun to create a contrast of color and light in the northern section of the Bisti Badlands.

  • Golden Desert

    Golden Desert

    The northern Bisti Badlands bathed in the golden light of the setting sun.

  • A Rainbow Appears

    A Rainbow Appears

    As the storm clouds pass by, the setting sun paints a rainbow above the painted rocks of the desert below.

  • Sealed With a Kiss

    Sealed With a Kiss

    These hoodoos appear to be kissing as others turn their backs in another example of the surreal rock formations that fill the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.

  • Red Rocks Under a Red Sky

    Red Rocks Under a Red Sky

    The setting sun lights the clouds of an incoming storm above the red rocks of the Bisti Badlands.

  • First Glimpse

    First Glimpse

    After hiking nearly a mile from the nearest road, and seeing nothing but sand and desert scrub, you crest a hill and suddenly encounter the first collection of hoodoos in the seemingly surreal Valley of Dreams.

  • The End of the Day

    The End of the Day

    The setting desert sun colors the fast-moving clouds in this long exposure near the Valley of Dreams trailhead in the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness area of northwestern New Mexico.

  • Pointing the Way

    Pointing the Way

    A solitary sand hoodoo points the way to the next collection of surreal formations along the Valley of Dreams trail in the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico.

  • Just Around the Corner

    Just Around the Corner

    Approaching the Alien Throne after an arduous hike through the desert in the Valley of Dreams.

  • Awaiting its Queen

    Awaiting its Queen

    The Alien Throne sits empty as the clouds zoom by on a windy morning in the Valley of Dreams.

  • Valley of Dreams

    Valley of Dreams

    The Alien Throne is the centerpiece in this collection of rock formations in the Valley of Dreams section of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.

  • Mushroom Farm

    Mushroom Farm

    The desert floor suddenly turns into a surreal collection of mushroom shaped rock formations in the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah section of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in northwestern New Mexico.

  • Brain Salad

    Brain Salad

    Rock formations resulting from millions of years of wind erosion resembling brains and mushrooms inhabit the Seussian wonderland of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah section of the Bisti/De-Na-Zin wilderness in the Four Corners region of New Mexico.

  • An Afternoon in Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah

    An Afternoon in Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah

    The early evening sun highlights the mushroom and brain-like rock formations of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness.

  • Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Sunset

    Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Sunset

    The setting sun paints the sky behind the surrealistic rock formations of the Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah Wilderness in the Bisti Badlands of northwestern New Mexico.

  • Tilted Portobello

    Tilted Portobello

    Rock formations in the Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness appear to resemble a garden of Portobello mushrooms.

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