CREATION ART
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Mighty are the works of creation. The time taken to create the wonders and mysteries of the solar system, the planets and their works is unimaginable to human minds.
With infinite patience and time nature lay down strata after strata and then, her medium before her, with water and wind sculpted glorious works of art. With violent upheavals and climate changes she altered her face. She spewed up her inner essence to create new land masses; with violent quakes subducted her crust to start anew.
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- It doesn't matter if you are an agnostic or athiest or a devout true believer. It doesn't matter if you believe all the incredible diversity, beauty and magnificence of our world came about as a series of accidents, was the work of Intelligent Design, or of the Power of the Universe. It doesn't matter; all that matters is that it IS, it exists, and is the most perfect and wonderful home for humanity and life. The song is apt.
Personally I believe there is a Higher Power. Science proves that there is power in the universe beyond our comprehension.
And if there is indeed an afterlife, a Heaven, I will fall on my knees and give thanks for the magnificent home planet we were given, and fall on my face begging forgiveness for the way we humans destroyed it. And furthermore, beg if there is any justice in the universe at all, for the Power to zap the crap out of all the greedy destroyers!!..............
Saturday, May 20, 2006
PETRIFIED FOREST, PAINTED DESERT; ARIZONA
Petrified Forest National Park, eastern Arizona,
established as a national monument in 1906 and as a national park in 1962.
The park, encompassing part of the Painted Desert, contains six separate "forests" of fallen petrified coniferous tree trunks. Some trunks are 2 m (6 ft) in diameter and exceed 30 m (100 ft) in length. One arched log forms a natural bridge, Agate Bridge, with a span of 12 m (40 ft). The trees originally grew in the Triassic Period (240 to 205 million years ago), when the region was a marshland. Killed by natural processes, the trees were buried by sediment and penetrated by waters rich in silica. Gradually the wood fibers were replaced by silica and other minerals, and the logs were converted to stone. Traces of iron, manganese, and carbon stained the silica so that the logs are brilliantly colored. The covering sediment was removed by the elements in later geologic times, exposing many logs to view. Ancient Native American pueblos, one built of petrified wood, and petroglyphs (rock carvings) are other features of the park. Area, 37,851 hectares (93,533 acres).
PETRIFIED LOGS
PETRIFIED LOG
CLOSEUP OF PETRIFIED WOOD
PETRIFIED LOG; RAINBOW FOREST
PETRIFIED LOGS
JASPER FOREST
PETRIFIED LOGS
BLUE MESA, PETRIFIED FOREST, ARIZONA
The Painted Desert
ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO
Painted Desert,
plateau region of colored rock in northeastern Arizona,
located along the Little Colorado River.It extends southeast from the Grand Canyon to the Petrified Forest National Park, reaching a length of about 320 km (about 200 mi) and covering an area of about 19,400 sq km (about 7500 sq mi).
The terrain is irregular, characterized by buttes, mesas, cliffs, and slopes. The central portion of the plateau contains parts of the Hopi and Navajo Native American reservations.
Labels: earth sculptures - petrification
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