Ancient Stump

petrified stump

Dear Friends, this looks like a wooden stump and 60 million years ago, it was wood, now it is stone, Petrified wooden stump in the badlands of North Dakota, on a hot and sunny day. At a certain elevation in the badlands, these stumps appear as a remnant of an ancient tropical ecosystem.  til Tomorrow MJ

About mjspringett

Nature Photographer, searching for questions and answers

Posted on February 12, 2015, in Badlands, Landscapes, Nature, photography and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.

  1. Awesome beauty at its most spectacular. Thank you for sharing.

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