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Petrified Forest
June 15, 2006




Near Escalante lies an old petrified forest.
Trees have sucked up minerals from the ground water, which eventually replaced the wood cells.




After the wood has turned to rock, it get's pretty heavy. Heavy as a rock. It is a rock.




a log




you can see the fibers in this piece




As the petrified trees fell, they broke up in pieces...just like rock columns would have done.



















You see the age rings and everything....but the wood has turned into rock.




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