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Petrified Log from a 180 million year old forest, Curio Bay, Southland, New Zealand

Petrified Log from a 180 million year old forest, Curio Bay, Southland, New Zealand

This is one of the petrified logs that can be found on the rocks at Curio Bay. Evidence suggests that Volcanic ash and mud covered the forest and as that was wa...
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This is one of the petrified logs that can be found on the rocks at Curio Bay. Evidence suggests that Volcanic ash and mud covered the forest and as that was washed away by an encroaching ocean the logs were revealed, petrified by a high silica content in the strata that surrounded it.
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Aperture f/8.0 ISO 200 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 18/1

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Apr, 2015

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