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The second largest canyon in the country lies in the heart of the Texas Panhandle Palo Duro Canyon is a canyon system of the Caprock Escarpment.

Unique rock formations in the Palo Duro canyon, Texas. Palo Duro is the second largest canyon system in the U.S.

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA: Hoodoo and rock strata - Capitol Peak - the canyon is part of the Caprock Escarpment - Texas Panhandle - photo by M.Torres

Aerial View of Palo Duro Canyon

Palo Duro Canyon, Texas

Caprock Canyons State Park in Texas, red rocks rising out of the base of the Canyon, near Amarillo Texas, desert landscape, dry, arid conditions, bright blue sky on a hot sunny day

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

Warm sunset light illuminates the rugged eroded cliffs of Tianshan Grand Canyon in Xinjiang, China. The intricate textures and deep shadows reveal the dramatic geological formations carved by time and nature.

Landscape view on Lighthouse trail en route to Lighthouse rock in Palo Duro Canyon State Park

A stream into the mountainous red-rock landscape at Palo Duro Canyon located in the northern panhandle of Texas just outside of Amarillo.

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA: hoodoo on a cliff face - Texas Panhandle - photo by M.Torres

The famous Lighthouse Rock at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, located in the Texas Panhandle, USA

Drone picture of cracked red rocks in the abandoned site of bauxite quarry in Otranto, Brindisi, Apulia, Italy, Europe

Red sandstone, shale and siltstone, petrified wood and caprocks form brilliant, layered monuments in the massive canyon. Hoodoos speckle the mountainsides, along with juniper and cedar, caves and arroyos.

Sandstone Hills, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

The lighthouse. Just outside Canyon Texas

Rock Formations at Bisti Badlands in New Mexico

Views of Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas

Red rocks and a creek in the Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

The unusual landscape of panhandle of north Texas in the Palo Duro Canyon State Park located just outside Amarillo.

Red Rock Canyon State Park. Oklahoma, USA

Lighthouse in Palo Duro

Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas, USA: eroded cliff side - Geologic time periods marked by major changes in the fossil record - rock strata covering the Permian age, Triassic age, Miocene-Pliocene age and at the top the Quaternary age - this cliff includes the Permian-Triassic (P-T) extinction boundary, colloquially known as the Great Dying, that took place about 248 million years ago. The extinction was caused by climate change. The main cause of extinction was the vast amount of carbon dioxide emitted by volcanic eruptions that created the Siberian Traps, which elevated global temperatures and acidified the oceans. Geological time scale, part of the Caprock Escarpment - Texas Panhandle.

Landscape view on Lighthouse trail en route to Lighthouse rock in Palo Duro Canyon State Park

Sandstone Hills, Ghost Ranch, New Mexico

Capitol Peak in Palo Duro Canyon State Park in Texas.

Panoramic view of the mountains and the lighthouse rock at Palo Duro Canyon State Park, Texas

Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado

A bright, sunny desert scene featuring red rock formations, sparse vegetation, and a clear blue sky. The rugged terrain highlights the natural beauty.

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