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Petrified Forest and Painted Desert National Park, Arizona

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The Petrified Forest has been inhabited by various tribes and peoples for 10,000 years. The formations of petrified wood are the result of the inland sea leaching salts into the porous tree woods, then the wood deteoriated and the remaining forms are solidied salts.
 The Painted Desert.
 Us'un at the Painted Desert
Don't jump, you have my credit cards!
 Go ahead... jump... I have the credit cards.
 The Petrified Forest petroglyphs.
The Petrified Forest housing ruins.
 Sample of the petrified wood. They are the result of the inland sea leaching salts into the porous tree woods, then the wood deteoriated and the remaining forms are solidied salts.