Some capped hoodoos, long exposed to the elements, reach high into the sky while others have just recently surfaced, exposed as a result of erosion.
This is a typical scene in the Bisti Wilderness Area in New Mexico, an area of arid badlands which was once, 70 million years ago, a lush coastal rainforest.
There are many hoodoos and other rock formations to be found here in Bisti Wilderness, it's a photographers playground!
Bisti/De Na Zin Wilderness, New Mexico, USA