Petrified Wood Gallery
NPS
Petrified wood was the raison d'etre for the creation of Petrified Forest National Park (originally national monument). The fossils come in so many idfferent shades and shapes, reflecting the trees that were alive over 200 million years ago. Petrified Wood GalleryPetrified wood was the raison d'etre for the creation of Petrified Forest National Park (originally national monument). The fossils come in so many idfferent shades and shapes, reflecting the trees that were alive over 200 million years ago. |
Did You Know?
Standing on the edge of a vast badlands landscape, a Spanish explorer is rumored to have named the area "El Desierto Pintado" (The Painted Desert) because the hills looked like they were painted with the colors of the sunset.