Petrified Forest National Park
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The last time we were in the Petrified National Forest was 2003 and we just
drove though on our way some place else. So this time I wanted to stay as
close as you can which is still 30 minutes away. The goal was to be able take
some picture before they closed and right after they opened. There are some
very dramatic colors that get washed out in the mid day son. The picture at
the left is an hour or so before sunset. The park closed before sunset. |
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This one was the next day and the Arizona monsoon clouds were building. The
petrified forest was set aside as a national monument in 1906. Today they
can search your vehicle if they think you may have picked up some petrified
wood. The colors on the badlands are really pretty crazy. Different layers
of rock are different colors. |
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The petrified logs can look like they were sawed this way but they aren't.
The material just fractures this way under it's own weight. We were
there in July and it does get hot during the middle of the day. We stayed
in St. John's about 40 miles away. |
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