Stock photography, photos: Painted Desert - Holbrook, Arizona Stock photos of The Painted Desert is an expanse of badland hills, flat-topped mesas and buttes. It is an arid land, sparsely vegetated and heavily eroded. The name Painted Desert refers to the rainbow of colorful sedimentary layers exposed in the austere landscape. The Painted Desert is a narrow, crescent shaped arc, about 160 miles long which begins about 30 miles north of Cameron near Grand Canyon, and swings southeast just beyond Petrified Forest National Park. Arizona, USA. Photograph: © Robert Burch Click for a larger image and more information Keywords associated with this stock photo: southwest, usa, west, western, landscape, landscapes, desert, petrified forest, national park, wood, jasper, arizona, painted desert