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Petrified Forest airport.

Entrance sign. There are a couple trading posts right near the entrance, but they are not within the park boundary.

This is the visitor center near the south entrance.

Bones.

Metoposaur skull.

On the trail behind the visitor center.

On the trail.

This is the largest tree in the park, named Old Faithful.

View of the visitor center from the trail.

Near the Crystal Forest trail.

From the Crystal Forest parking lot. This is the exact shot where I switched to spot-metering by accident...for the next couple days :-(

Collecting petrified wood is prohibited. Much was taken away in the early days.

Segments.

Tree parts.

Cross-section.

Lichen.

Jasper Forest viewpoint.

Jasper Forest view. There used to be much more petrified wood before it was carried off.

Regular rocks.

Moon is out.

This is the Agate Bridge.

This gully undermined the tree.

The log on the right recently fell down the hill at Blue Mesa.

Rocks.

More rocks at Blue Mesa.

Blue Mesa view.

Blue Mesa view.

Blue Mesa view.