Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona

Acquired November 28, 2002, this true-color image shows an arid landscape in eastern Arizona. At the time of the earliest dinosaurs, it was a moist, tropical region near the equator.

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NASA image created by Jesse Allen, using park boundary geographic data (GIS) provided the U.S. National Park Servce and Innovative Technology Administration’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics, and Landsat data provided by the United States Geological Survey. Caption by Michon Scott.

Published October 4, 2009
Data acquired November 28, 2002

Source:

Landsat 7 > ETM+

Collection:

U.S. National Parks