Crystal Forest Abstract 2
by Penny Meyers
Title
Crystal Forest Abstract 2
Artist
Penny Meyers
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This is the third of three beautiful natural abstracts I captured at Petrified Forest National Park, and the second of two from specifically the Crystal Forest area of the park. It's amazing what 200 million years can do to a log!
According to the National Park Service, the trees at the Petrified Forest lived over 200 million years ago. The trees fell, and swollen streams washed them into adjacent floodplains. A mice of silt, mud, and volcanic ash from distant volcanoes buried the logs. This sediment cut off oxygen and slowed the logs' decay. Then, silica-laden groundwater seeped through the logs, replacing the original wood tissues with silica and petrifying the logs.
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May 25th, 2015
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