Bisti Badlands’ bizarre eggs

The Bisti Badlands in northern New Mexico look more like a dreamscape than a landscape. Totem poles of sandstone rocks, or hoodoos, reach haphazardly into the brilliant blue sky, some so crooked that it’s amazing that even the smallest gust of wind doesn’t topple them over. Resting beneath them sit what only can be described as giant cracked eggs, as if Mother Nature was cooking breakfast only to accidently drop a carton onto the desert’s sandy floor and abandon the shattered shells.
 How did a bunch of giant eggs get to this desolate area?
The true story starts 73 million years ago.