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October 26, 2007
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English text on the right |
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Dagens baghave: |
Backyard of the Day: |
Painted Desert and Petrified
Forest National Park, Holbrook, Apache and Navajo Counties, Arizona
Arizona's Painted Desert
stretches from Grand Canyon into New Mexico, and the Petrified Forest
National Park, part of the Painted Desert, is located east of
Holbrook on both sides of the I-40 and partially along Old Route 66
in Apache and Navajo Counties.
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Vi kørte fra Holbrook til
Petrified Forest National Park, hvor verdens største samling
af forstenet træ befinder sig. Parken ligger i Arizonas
farverige "Malede Ørken." |
We drove from Holbrook to
Petrified Forest National Park, which holds the world's largest
collection of petrified wood. The park is located in Arizona's
colorful Painted Desert. |
The Petrified Forest
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Dette område i Arizona
lå for ca. 250,000,000 år siden ikke langt fra Panama, og
var dækket af en flod omgivet af skov. Et stort antal
træer væltede under en voldsom storm, og blev revet med
af floden. Efterhånden sank stammerne til bunds og blev i
årtusindernes løb dækket af mange lag mudder og
sand. Området tørrede ud og blev til ørken, og
efterhånden som vinden eroderede de mange jordlag væk,
begyndte de forstenede træstammer at komme til syne, og de
dækker nu et stort område. |
About 250.000.000 years ago this
area in Arizona was located not far from Panama, and it was covered
by a river surrounded by forest. A large number of trees were toppled
in a violent storm, and were caught up in the torrent of the river.
Eventually all the tree trunks sank to the bottom, and as the
millinia went by they were covered with many layers of mud and sand.
The area dried up and became a desert, and as the winds eroded away
the many layers of soil, the petrified tree trunks appeared, and now
cover a large area. |
Træerne er meget farverige
~ The trees are very colorful.
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