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Monday, March 27, 2017

Petrified Trees

I've posted about the Florissant Fossil Beds in the past - it's one of the greatest fossil beds ever discovered. Here are a couple of petrified trees.
These are redwood trees, preserved in a volcanic eruption around 35 million years ago.
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13 comments:

  1. Linda W.March 27, 2017 at 8:47 AM

    Wow, those petrified trees look so interesting!

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  2. PamMarch 27, 2017 at 10:00 AM

    Oh wow....that is really neat. I have never seen anything like that before.

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  3. SuzaMarch 27, 2017 at 10:19 AM

    fantastic old tree

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  4. Fun60March 27, 2017 at 1:51 PM

    That first photo is incredible.

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  5. carol l mckennaMarch 27, 2017 at 6:09 PM

    Love the first shot ~ great photos of the petrified trees ~ thanks,

    Wishing you a fun week ~ thanks ~ ^_^

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  6. AndreaMarch 27, 2017 at 9:46 PM

    Hi Al, those are fantastic evidences of the past. That means they are submerged in lava when that happened M years ago, and now that level is already the leftover of the degree of erosion. I am tempted to touch and get a pinch of that petrified wood.

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  7. Lady FiMarch 27, 2017 at 10:08 PM

    Wow - what an incredible age those petrified trees are!

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  8. RajeshMarch 27, 2017 at 11:42 PM

    Great shots of fossil beds.

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  9. Photo CacheMarch 28, 2017 at 8:58 AM

    I've seen a few petrified forest in Napa; they're fascinating.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  10. RuthMarch 28, 2017 at 7:09 PM

    Have hear about that place before but didn't know what can found in there. Thanks for the pictures!

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  11. Pat TillettMarch 29, 2017 at 3:25 PM

    I had no idea there were petrified redwoods anywhere.
    Very interesting!

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  12. Sallie (FullTime-Life)March 29, 2017 at 6:13 PM

    I didn't remember your earlier posts on this -- did go to the Wiki Link for which I thank you. What a very interesting place.

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  13. Pat @ Mille Fiori FavoritiApril 3, 2017 at 11:30 AM

    I want to visit this area again, Al. We were so close when we wer ein Cripple Creek last summer. It looks so interesting!

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