Mark P Betts
Petrified Forest
Fall was very wet in the Southwest this year. Record rains in the Front Range and in the Trans Pecos. The rains began over Arizona before sweeping North-East and intensifying.
This was toward the end of that rainy season but it still left a beautiful sky. It actually drizzled earlier in the day but as so often is the case, most of the rain evaporated before hitting the ground.
The clouds made a perfect backdrop for the stone logs of the petrified forest and the colorful shales of the Chinle formation.
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Petrified Forest
Fall was very wet in the Southwest this year. Record rains in the Front Range and in the Trans Pecos. The rains began over Arizona before sweeping North-East and intensifying.
This was toward the end of that rainy season but it still left a beautiful sky. It actually drizzled earlier in the day but as so often is the case, most of the rain evaporated before hitting the ground.
The clouds made a perfect backdrop for the stone logs of the petrified forest and the colorful shales of the Chinle formation.
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