Rarely would I ever look at pictures and think that the place is fake, but in this case the rock formations at The Wave in the Coyote Buttes in Arizona looks kind of wonky. It looks like something someone may see if they were hallucinating or something, but no these are in fact real rock formations. These formations are actually sand dunes which have been calcified and the rich assortment of color is from the iron oxides, hematite, and goethite that is deposited. To get here you have to hike a moderately difficult 3 mile trail and also get a permit, but you know what can prevent you from coming here if you wanted to? They only issue 20 permits to visit this area per day due to the delicate nature of the rock formations. I think it'd be a great hike though. It may look a little trippy walking it, even looking at pictures looks like something out of someone's psychedelic drug trip if one were to may be take some LSD lol.
What do you think of The Wave?
Do you think it looks like something out of someone's psychedelic drug trip? Weee lol
Comments (41)
The wave looks pretty cool!
Eszter Szarka: It does look really amazing.
amazing
Courtney Jones: Looks a little photoshopped.
☆ Holly Ann ☆: It does look really trippy.
Anthony Tran: 20 permits per day. Thanks for reminding me to correct it.
Marilyn M.: I just saw it on yahoo too lol. They're idea stealers haha j/j.
that's absolutely beautiful. looks like a photoshop experiment, i'd love to see that in person.
that totally looks tripy!
It does look trippy! Only 20 permits issued per year?
I saw this on Yahoo! It is such an amazing place!
mylittlecasey *: It really is natural art.
Eileen Hoang: It does look like something someone could mold out of clay lol.
Brooklyn Mak: He sure does. Not enough people take the time to step back and appreciate things.
Sara Lopes: It is quite a gorgeous place.
crispy ☮: It almost looks like a painting I know. I'd like to see it for myself.
Gerlinde G.: I want to visit as well and it's quite trippy looking.
MACaddict25 ♥: Amazing is a great word to describe it. Looks like something you'd see in the movies indeed.
Vivian Tso: I know it is quite amazing what god does, but in this case it may be more mother nature.
Michelle Mai Huynh♡: I want to see it in real life too. It looks too strange to be real lol.
mindy fan: I love the colors too.
Joanna Y: Me too, my friends visited the Grand Canyon the last time they went to the states and I want to visit there too.
Connie C: The metal oxides do make it look really beautiful, especially the iron giving it that nice orangey color.
Bruno Silva: It is breath taking and I'd love to visit in person. See you agree it does look trippy haha.
Hayley Yu: It's a place I would like to visit as well. Sucks they only give out 20 permits a day.
Eva ★: I know I have never seen anything like it either.
This is unbelieveable! It reminds me of a painting and you're right, it doesn't even look real. It's incredible what natural art we have in this world. :)
It looks like something someone would mold out of clay.
Vivian Tso: Amen to that. God does some wonderful things if we just take a step back and look.
gorgeous place!! I would love to visit
HAHA it does look trippy.. it looks like a painting almost. I want to go there and see for myself.
Oh my God, I NEED to visit this place - must be so breathtaking. And yes, now that you said it, it does look kind of trippy indeed :D
looks really amazing, like what you see in the movies
Very pretty Lilly. Amazing what God does before us.
wow looks cool i want to see this in real life =D
It looks so amazing! I love the colors.
Looks amazing, I always wanted to visit Arizona.
The colors from the iron oxide and other metal oxides or rocks or whatever really make it look beautiful. It does look a little trippy.
ahahah it really does like something someone that was tripping would see lol but looks beautiful! Its a breath taking place that i would love to visit it in person!
look like a place i'd like to visit !
Wow, I have never seen anything like this. It looks amazing! This must be so cool to see.