Current events threaten 'newspaper rock' AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORY. ... On the dark desert varnish of the boulders are rows of bear paws, corn stalks, spiders, coyotes, kachinas, ...

The micrometers-thick mineral coating known as desert varnish that paints stony surfaces black or rust is as ubiquitous as it is odd. It can be found in arid landscapes across the world—staining ...

Using varnish samples of known ages, Pingitore and a colleague have developed an X-ray–fluorescence technique that measures the iron and manganese in desert varnish and thus indicates its age ...

A mysterious shiny coating found on rocks in many of Earth's arid environments could reveal whether there was once life on Mars, according to new research. The research reveals that desert varnish ...

Sometimes rock art appears next to rock walls covered by desert varnish instead of being created within it. Shown here is a series of pictographs, which are ancient painted symbols rather than ...

An ecophysiological explanation for manganese enrichment in rock varnish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2021; 118 (25): e2025188118 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2025188118 Cite This Page : ...

These figures are mostly cut into ‘desert varnish’: a thin black coating on limestone rock, which forms naturally. Many represent animals such as ibexes, goats, horses, donkeys, and domestic ...

Nanometer-scale Complexity, Growth, And Diagenesis In Desert Varnish. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 4, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2008 / 02 / 080229183457.htm ...

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A shiny coating found on rocks in many of Earth's deserts suggest a new way to search for signs of life on Mars, scientists said today.

The rock has been named Desert Fish by the photographer who documented it. Khaled Zaal Alenazi Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter.