Pictured: 100ft mural in Utah desert of the ‘king of the dinosaurs’

This amazing T-Rex earth mural is so large it can only be appreciated from the air.

The wondrous portrait is one of three iconic dinosaurs spectacularly brought to life by leading land artist David Popa.

At about 30 meters wide, the mural is so massive that the teeth of the T-Rex are larger than those of its creator when captured on camera by a drone.

Using only natural materials, including chalk, charcoal and earth pigments, Popa created the giant Tyrannosaurus rex on the red rocks of the Utah desert.

He made two more fantastic frescoes, washed away in the rain, of a Triceratops on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset in southern Britain, famous for collecting fossils, and a Hatzegopteryx on a remote island in Finland.

David Popa creates a piece of art featuring a Tyrannosaurus rex, using natural earth pigments that have existed for millions of years

The American artist, who started with street graffiti in his native New York, spent 12 hours meticulously designing each dinosaur with his trusty spray bottle and paintbrush.

He was commissioned to mark the launch of season two of the Apple TV+ dinosaur documentary Prehistoric Planet, voiced by Sir David Attenborough.

BBC Studios Natural History Unit and a team of special effects wizards have teamed up to recreate majestic dinosaurs from 66 million years ago in stunning CGI feats.

Popa, who has previously painted on floating ice, compared his latest natural, ephemeral eco-art to that of the earliest cave painters.

He said, “Interestingly, the raw materials and pigments I use are the same that would have been abundant millions of years ago when the dinosaurs roamed the planet.”

Popa hailed the project as an “insane adventure,” saying, “I paint on a very large scale and the only way to see it is through the eye of a drone.

“My work is impossible without the advent of drone photography and it allows me to create artwork on such a large scale and let the natural environment complement the subject in ways I never expected.”

Popa also created other artworks around the world, including in the UK and Finland

Natural landscape artist David Popa creates artwork featuring a Tyrannosaurus Rex, using natural earth pigments that have existed for millions of years, to mark the arrival of Prehistoric Planet Season 2 on Apple TV+

He explained that the Jurassic Coast dinosaur design near Worth Matravers is his “favourite,” saying, “The texture of the rock almost mimics and imitates the skin of Triceratops.

“So it was only my job to dig up what was already hidden.”

He added, “In the space of two weeks, we went to three different countries for three different dinosaurs and three incredible landscapes.

“It has been one of the most exciting projects of my entire life.

“I hope the works I’ve created inspire people to believe for a moment that these incredible, wonderful dinosaurs exist again and remind them how much more we should appreciate the creatures that still exist.”

Popa’s father Albert, who was one of New York City’s first and most prominent graffiti artists under the name ‘Conan’.

He went on to study art and received his bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Brooklyn’s historic Pratt Institute, later instilling his love of art in his son.

The second season of the Apple TV+ show, premiering today (May 22) with daily episodes this week, takes viewers back 66 million years to the volcanoes of India, the swamps of Madagascar and the oceans nearby of North America.

The creators promise to take audiences “up close and personal with the habitats of dinosaurs to experience the dangers, adventures and even the camaraderie between species like we’ve never seen before.”