Photo # AZP10
Previous Page
Next Page
His and Hers Photography
©  Ross V. Walker 2019
Petrified log sections scattered along Crystal Loop, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Sections of petrified logs along Crystal Forest Loop, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
Petrified wood forms when buried trees are saturated with dissolved minerals which replace the wood as it decays.  These trees lived in the late Triassic Epoch, about 225 million years ago.