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Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park, A Rainbow of Colors

Petrified Wood Photography

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Arizona's Petrified Forest is not a forest at all. It is a grasslands landscape filled with beautiful specimens of petrified wood. Petrified wood was once a tree. Millions of years ago the forests covering Northern Arizona were buried under a sea of mud, sand, and volcanic ash. Silicate replaced the wood fibers and pressure formed the rock. The result? A rainbow of beauty in the logs and pieces of wood that remain as rocks, forever.

The Petrified Forest National Park stretches north and south between Interstate 40 and Highway 180 and is best accessed near Holbrook, Arizona.

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national parks, northern arizona, arizonaEach Piece of Petrified Wood Yields a New Rainbow of ColorPetrified ForestAgate House - A Petrified Wood HomeColorful Petrified WoodPetrified Logs are Strewn About the Grassy Plain.
Rains Cover and Uncover the Pieces of Petrified Wood.Colors Run DeepPetrified ForestThe Wood Must Have More Iron Than Others.Millons of Years Old, This Wood Thrills Us with It's Beauty.
Petrified ForestThe Arizona Petrified Wood is Very Colorful.Petrified ForestSome Logs and Trees are Still Intact.Petrified ForestThe Wood Against Various Backgrounds Made for a Photographer's DreamBuying Petrified WoodYou, Too Can Own a Gorgeous Piece of Petrified Wood
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