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David Carey
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posted 05-27-2015 05:28 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for David Carey   Click Here to Email David Carey     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I'm a bit of a rock hound, and recently acquired a polished round (slab) of Oregon 'Hampton Butte' petrified wood from a lapidarist in California.

To me the sample was quite evocative of space-based imagery of Earth, specifically river delta areas.

For comparison, a satellite photo of the Yukon River Delta in Alaska (photo credit SPL/Barcroft Media, via The Telegraph) is shown next to a section of the entire ~12" petrified wood round of the first image.

stsmithva
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posted 05-27-2015 07:17 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for stsmithva   Click Here to Email stsmithva     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That is amazing! The instant the photo came up on my screen, my mind thought "river delta." The colors and patterns are just dead on.

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