Petrified wood rocks. It’s like wood, except it’s not: bazillions of years ago it became fossilized. The result are ridiculously sturdy, heavy, and garishly colorful objects that resemble tree trunks or bark popping up from the ground.
Petrified Forest
Petrified Forest
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Agate House
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Petrified Forest
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Petrified Wood
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Blue Mesa
Petrified Forest
BSNF Freight Train
Studebaker Champion
Painted Desert
Painted Desert
Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert
Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert
Painted Desert Inn
Painted Desert Inn
Wikipedia has more about the Petrified Forest National Park, and there’s also the Petrified Forest NP website by the NPS.