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  • A cross-section of petrified wood displays a wide spectrum of colors in the Rainbow Forest of Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The petrified wood in the park is made up of almost solid quartz and the colors are the result of impurities in the quartz, such as iron, carbon and manganese. It formed more than 200 million years ago when logs washed into an ancient river system. The logs were quickly buried by sediment, which slowed decay. Over time, minerals, including silica, were absorbed into the porous wood, replacing the original organic material over hundreds of thousands of years.
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  • A close-up of a a cross-section of petrified wood reveals colors in abstract patterns in the Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. The petrified wood in the park is made up of almost solid quartz and the colors are the result of impurities in the quartz, such as iron, carbon and manganese. It formed more than 200 million years ago when logs washed into an ancient river system. The logs were quickly buried by sediment, which slowed decay. Over time, minerals, including silica, were absorbed into the porous wood, replacing the original organic material over hundreds of thousands of years.
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  • Erosion debris from petrified logs and the bentonite clay hills collects at the base of the badlands of the Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
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  • Badlands formations known as the Tepees in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, are turned golden red near sunset. Tepees, also spelled tipi or teepee, is a tent that is traditionally made of animal skins over wooden poles. While humans have lived for 13,000 years in and around the modern day Petrified Forest National Park, the native dwellings were more commonly pithouses and pueblos.
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  • Altocumulus clouds, turned pink by the setting sun, fill the sky over badlands formations known as the Tepees in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Tepees, also spelled tipi or teepee, is a tent that is traditionally made of animal skins over wooden poles. While humans have lived for 13,000 years in and around the modern day Petrified Forest National Park, the native dwellings were more commonly pithouses and pueblos.
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  • Colorful layers of siltstone, mudstone and shale are visible in the badlands near the Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. The layers contain iron and manganese, which provide the pigments for the brilliant and varied colors.
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  • Sediment layers are visible in the badland hills of bluish bentonite clay in an area known as the Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
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  • Sediment layers are visible in the badland hills of bluish bentonite clay in an area known as the Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona.
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  • The badlands of the Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, are turned red by the setting sun. Badlands are a type of dry terrain where clay or soft sedimentary rock have been heavily eroded by rain and wind and where vegetation is scarce.
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  • Altocumulus clouds, turned red by the setting sun, streak over badlands near the Blue Mesa in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Badlands are a type of dry terrain where clay or soft sedimentary rock have been heavily eroded by rain and wind and where vegetation is scarce.
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