Flaming Cliffs

The sunsets in Mongolia were spectacular. We took a ride over to an area that I believe was called the Flaming Cliffs. The ragged rocks here, created by wind erosion, offer a fabulous setting to view the evening sun, contributing to the name “flaming cliffs”. The rocks themselves are reddish in color, adding to the illusion. We hit it on a gorgeous night with just enough cloud cover to give us a fabulous display. This is also the valley where Roy Chapman Andrews found the firs dinosaur eggs. Complete skeletons of different species of dinosaurs were found as well as evidence of later day stone-age settles. Sadly, we were unsuccessful in contributing to the discoveries, though we did get to see many things in the various museums we visited.