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Painted Hills Unit, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
This view is looking east form the Painted Hills Overlook and Trail toward badlands eroding in the Big Basin Member of the John Day Formation. The Picture Gorge Basalt caps Sutton Mountain in the distance.
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