Colorful Chinle formations spreading across The Painted Desert with the purest air quality.
As in many rural western areas, sulfates, organic matter, soot
nitrates, and soil dust from industry farming contribute almost equally
to decreased visibility. As does motor vehicles, forest fires and other sources.
We can help improve air quality through car pooling, recycling,
reducing use of electricity and becoming involved in community
air quality issues.
Enlarge image for a closer look Previous post I shared images of the Petrified Forest in Arizona.
We stepped into what is know as the "Crystal Forest" and entered
a mysterious world of ancient trees turned to stone!
The forces of Nature created a place that holds beauty beyond description.
The brilliant colored remnants of an earlier geologic age invite you to visualize a changing world. The processes that created petrified wood here ceased millions of years ago.
This is Jurassic Park where dinosaurs roamed and for geologists a haven for discovering fossil remains. Black basalt that flowed from a volcano that erupted here caps the cliff. Below this layer a horizontal line cuts across the face of the mesa and separates rock of two different geologic periods. The pink mud stone below this line was deposited about 225 million years ago! The brown mud stone and basalt layers above the line deposited only 5-8 millions of years ago.
Petrified wood and other fossils are irreplaceable resources to be cherished undisturbed. Thoughtless visitors have removed most of the crystal that gave Crystal Forest its name.
"Everything is the product of one universal creative effort.
There is nothing dead in Nature.
Everything is organic and living and therefore
the whole world appears to be living organism"
(Roman philosopher mid 1st century AD)
Linking to Mosaic Monday at Mary's Little Red House
22 comments:
Lovely pictures, it really does look painted.
Double spacing?
Wish I knew, it happens to me sometimes and I can't fix it either!
hugs
xx
Amen and BAH!! on the double spacing. Happens to me too. Drives me crazy. It's some html thingy and I don't know how to identify it.
I enjoyed my second visit to the Painted Desert, Anna. What a gorgeous place.
Beautiful post Anna. I like the double spacing, easier for these eyes to read. Enjoy your week.
Do you do preview before you post .. I always check before.
Gorgeous gorgeous pictures! What an amazing and unique part of the world. Thank you for sharing your journey.
As to the double spacing? I just thought you were being very dramatic and artsy!! :)
Wonderful collection of images of desert. In my part desert is mostly sand dunes.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful photos! It's so nice to be able to enjoy other parts of the country through the eyes of others. I'm your linky neighbor at MM. Hope you can stop over and say 'hi.'
Lynn
These photographs make me want to explore more of our amazing planet. And it is amazing, isn't it? Your beautiful photographs are evidence of that!
If you're posting from blogspot you're likely to get anything. But it doesn't deter from these beautiful images.
What a wonderful experience to see these amazing natural treasures! Beautiful blog. I am your newest follower.
Thanks for visiting The Gardening Life today.
Wow, the pictures are amazing. As for the double spacing, try looking at your post in Edit HTML mode instead of Compose. There is probably some code in there you need to remove. Nancy
amazing desert photos. Thankyou for sharing this part of the world with us.
Nature is a mysterious force. The layers of earth formations is quite amazing like a layer cake. The petrified wood was so interesting. V
it's been years since i've been to the painted desert and and petrified forest. thank you so much for the memories through your lovely shots. (double spacing ... blogger has it's own glitches sometimes!!!) happy Monday!
You fed my soul this morning! Beautiful photos to see, and wonderful information to know.
Thanks for sharing your beautiful Arizona photos!
And the double spacing happens to me too. Even when I go back and delete it, it still turns up when I hit post :-)
The Petrified Forest is so magical. I'd hate to think that although the Painted Desert is very pretty that our entire globe could one day look like it because of pollution!
What a great trip AnnA. Beautiful desert. I have always wanted to venture out there to search for dinosaurs. Since I probably won't get there, I can at least see your amazing pictures of that area.
Thanks.
I never have had any problem with double spacing..yet
B.♥
Very interesting and informative Ms. Anna. Hugs, TWT
Dear Anna,
I remember when we visited the Painted Desert. Nature never ceases to astound me.
I remember gasping at the beauty....
We visited in October....Your April photographs make me want to visit the southwest again. Maybe next winter.
Have a safe trip home!
Spring is in full swing!
Namaste,
Sherry
Great pics! We used to head down to Moab/Canyonlands at spring break. Been awhile, though your good post inspires me to plan a road trip for next year.
To avoid having double spacing, hold the shift key when pressing return. You should get single space then. Or copy paste from a text program like notepad. There's something in the preferences or settings in your blog template. You could look at the html format when editing the blog. Find the breaking space tags and delete them.
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