Painted Desert and Petrified Forest

The Painted Desert and Petrified Forest in Eastern Arizona were simply amazing:
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Petrified log:

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Wow:

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That’s a log on the ridge:

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Closeup of a petrified log:

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There was an old settlement there Here’s what’s known:

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Some walls remain partially intac:

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Here you can see the fine workmanship:

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There were also some remarkably well-preserved petroglyphs:

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Bad-ass birds? Symbolic? We’ll never really know:

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