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In back of the visitors center near the south entrance of Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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By the south entrance Visitors Center at Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Sample log inside the south entrance Visitors Center of Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Near south entrance Visitors Center in Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Observer at Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona, near south entrance Visitors Center.
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About a mile north of Long Logs Trail. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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About a mile or so north of Long Logs Trail. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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About a mile north of Long Logs Trail. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Temporary Streams are called “washes” in Arizona. It fills during rainstorms, and you can detect the “flow” of the silt. Near Long Logs Trail in Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County.
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Even in a monsoon, this wash has met the immovable object. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Not all pieces of petrified wood were large, but all were heavy. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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A vista along Long Logs Trail in Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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I imagine that a few saw blades were ruined here. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Looks like a campfire setup to me. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Hard to focus on other aspects along Long Logs Trail in Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona. But I managed.
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A contrast in strength. The petrified logs win. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Close up of the agate formation in this petrified log. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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A small cactus forms a break in the lack of vegetation at Long Logs Trail in Petrified Forest National Park. Navajo County, Arizona.
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One of the longer logs I found on the Long Logs Trail in Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Not only were these logs long, they were of great girth. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Moving the logs out of the pathway probably wasn’t an easy task. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
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Being covered in silt for many years changed the form of the wood in these trees. No woodpecker would find anything to eat here. Petrified Forest National Park in Navajo County, Arizona.
