Daybreak of The Ancients. These hoodoos, residing in the remote Valley of Dreams badlands area of San Juan County, New Mexico, tell enchanted tales about shallow oceans (whose deposits of mud and sand from eons ago formed them) and archaic forests (that’s a coal seam beneath them).
They were captured regaling in the warm light of an autumn morning.

Image ©2024 James D. Peterson

Tech info: Nikon Z8 camera with Nikon 24-200mm lens at 125mm, 1/400 sec. at f/11, ISO 500