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Petrified Trees

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Description:

During Alaska's 9.2 earth quake in 1964 large amounts of land was lowered causing trees to be exposed to salt water. These petrified forests stand as natural monuments of the disaster.

Habitat:

Near Alaskan ocean banks.

Notes:

Illegal to cut down. Wood is useless to extract.

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2 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 8 years ago

Beautiful spotting!

rbumrbum
Spotted by
rbumrbum

Alaska, USA

Spotted on Jul 22, 2014
Submitted on Aug 13, 2015

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