Sunset illuminates Mecca Hills Wilderness. BLM dispersed camping off Painted Canyon Road, California, USA.

Sunset illuminates eroded land in Mecca Hills Wilderness, seen from a BLM dispersed campsite off Painted Canyon Road, Mecca, California, USA. The Mecca Hills are deeply-eroded sedimentary badlands north of the Salton Sea, bounded on the west by the San Andreas Fault. Several parallel faults split the region. The original sediments were primarily lake and Colorado River deposits, later covered with alluvium as the uplifting hills eroded. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama. Mecca Hills Wilderness is managed by BLM's Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office.

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Sunset illuminates eroded land in Mecca Hills Wilderness, seen from a BLM dispersed campsite off Painted Canyon Road, Mecca, California, USA. The Mecca Hills are deeply-eroded sedimentary badlands north of the Salton Sea, bounded on the west by the San Andreas Fault. Several parallel faults split the region. The original sediments were primarily lake and Colorado River deposits, later covered with alluvium as the uplifting hills eroded. Multiple overlapping photos were stitched to make this panorama. Mecca Hills Wilderness is managed by BLM's Palm Springs-South Coast Field Office.