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The Painted Desert District of Petrified Forest National Park stretches before you -- 50,000 acres of colorful mesas, buttes, and badlands. Beyond the boudnaries of the park, the Painted Desert runs west and north in a great arc, extending past the horizon almost to the edges of the Grand Canyon.
The Chinle Formation of the Painted Desert contains an invaluable record of Triassic plants and animals. Initially preserved for its scenic vistas, Petrified Forest National Park ahas become an improtant resource to the scientific community by protecting a storehouse of fossils and geologic treasures.

The Painted Desert

The Painted Desert
 
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