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Petrified Forest - a small butte along the Blue Mesa

By Geology and Ecology of National Parks
This is a photo of a small butte of weathering mudrock, shale, and sandstone.
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This zoomed-in view is of a small butte of weathering mudrock, shale, and sandstone along the Blue Mesa escarpment in central Petrified Forest National Park.

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Public Domain.