Sunday, August 06, 2006
So where are the trees???
All of the pictures here so far are from in the Petrified Forest National Park. But if that's so, you may be asking, where are the petrified trees? That, dear friend, is a sad story. Most of the petrified forest was removed before it became a national park. There are still a lot of petrified logs lying around. Here are a few in the Crystal Forest:
I like the juxtaposition shown here, though I don't like the picture as much -- a wooden fence, guarding a petrified log:
Here is one of my better pictures of a petrified trunk:
I like the juxtaposition shown here, though I don't like the picture as much -- a wooden fence, guarding a petrified log:
Here is one of my better pictures of a petrified trunk:
Looks like a recent tree -- but solid rock. Finally, here is a nearly complete trunk from the forest:
posted by DJCinSB @ 8:34 PM 
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wow...what awesome pics! one of the many places i'd like to visit sometime... :)
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: 7:38 AM
: 7:38 AM
It is a pretty interesting place -- and apparently used to be much more so. I remember hearing about it as a kid, and wishing I could visit (I lived in the DC area at the time). Now I have!
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