Petrified Forest & Painted Desert (USA, AZ)

Taken 24-May-13

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Petrified Forest 8, AZ

Petrified log cross section, Giant Log Trail, Painted Desert-Petrified Forest National Park, AZ. After these trees fell they were quickly covered in mud. Perhaps a massive flood is what toppled them in the first place, then carried them downstream where they formed a log jam and the flood quickly covered them with mud. As time went on, minerals from the mud gradually repaced the organic material. Different colors from from different minerals.

Capture Date=5/24/2013
Folder Name=Petrified Forest
File Name=5d3R01-#2406
Exposure=1/30 sec at f/20 ISO 200
Lens=EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM at 105 mm

Canon EOS 5D Mark III, f/20 @ 105 mm, 1/30, ISO 200, No Flash

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Keywords:Arizona, Dan Hartford Photo, Desert, Desert Area, Giant Logs Trail, Landscape, National Park, North America, Petrified Forest NP, Petrified Wood, Rock Formation, Southwest States, USA, United States, CaptureDate=5/24/2013, FolderName=Petrified Forest, FileName=5d3R01-#2406