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Walking through the Petrified Forest National Park

Between 1100AD and 1200AD native people inhabited the plains between the Painted Desert and the San Francisco Peaks of Arizona. In an area so dry it would seem impossible to live, they built pueblos, harvested rainwater, grew crops and raised families. Their way of life was the key to survival in this harsh landscape. These people survived here, farming one of the warmest and driest places on the Colorado Plateau. They developed the skills to farm the land and endure hardship in an area where many would not. Today the remnants of their villages dot the landscape. This Pueblo dwelling is on East Mesa in Wupatki National Monument. The monument, established in 1924 to preserve this rich heritage, is near Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Te colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona, seen from Chinde Point

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Painted desert badlands. Arizona, USA

Petrified wood at Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

petrified trunks in the desert of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona

Petrified wood created through time by silica enriched groundwater percolating through the logs, replacing the organic molecules in the wood, and creating a replica in quarrtz. Located at Petrified Forest National Park. Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro

Petrified Forest and Painted Desert

The colourful rocks of Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

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Close-up of Petrified Wood in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Wide open landscape within the painted desert. Badland beauty within Petrified Forest national park.

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Petrified wood created through time by silica enriched groundwater percolating through the logs, replacing the organic molecules in the wood, and creating a replica in quarrtz. Located at Petrified Forest National Park. Taken with an iPhone 14 Pro

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Badlands are a particular type of rock formation found in arid regions around the world. These formations require poorly consolidated rock and infrequent but torrential rain. The soft rock allows large quantities of water to channel down gullies, carrying away sediment. Bentonite clay within these formations can swell up with moisture. As the clay dries it shrinks and cracks, creating a surface resembling the skin of an elephant. Beneath the surface, an intricate maze of natural pipes and spaces form within the badlands. This hidden plumbing appears on the face of the badlands as dimples, sinks, slumps and seeps. As erosion continues, new features including caves and natural bridges can form. Badlands often take on varied colors giving the formations a banded appearance. These colorful badland formations were at Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park near Holbrook, Arizona, USA.

Scenic viewpoint in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona United States

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petrified trunks in the desert of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona

The colourful rocks of Nizhoni Point at Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

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Desertscape at Petrified Forest National Park

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The Painted Desert is an interesting and colorful part of Northern Arizona. It starts south of Holbrook and extends about 120 miles north almost to the Utah border. It encompasses about 7,500 square miles of the Colorado Plateau. The area is made up of colorful mudstone and sandstone known as the Chinle Formation. The rocks of the Chinle Formation were deposited from 227 to 205 million years ago during the Triassic Period. Over the next 180 million years the rocks were buried, uplifted and then eroded into the present-day badland topography. This photograph of the Painted Desert was taken from Little Painted Desert County Park near Winslow, Arizona, USA.

Colorful petrified tree wood in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona, USA

Petrified wood lies around multi-colored, eroded badland hills within Petrified Forest National Park in northeastern Arizona.

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