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Remains of tree turned to stone in Petrified Forest National Park
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Living Stone: in the Painted Desert

Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

In 1540, an expedition under Francisco Vázquez de Coronado on a quest to find the Seven Cities of Cibola, passed through this region naming it "El Desierto Pintado" - The Painted Desert. It's a land of petrified forests, dinosaurs fossils ...