When does a Forest become petrified?
“Imagine that you are in a grove of redwoods, some millions of years ago, with strange creatures scurrying around under a dense growth of trees and ferns. Smoke has been sighted coming from the towering volcano to the northeast, and a few earthquakes have rumbled through the forest in the past days, but nothing else is unusual. Suddenly, a puff of smoke arises from the side of the volcano, growing larger and larger in seconds and towering upward, shooting streamers of ash and bombs of lava outward. A thundering noise starts, slowly at first then deeper and deeper as the cloud rises. A shock accompanies the sound and you realize that the cloud is moving down the slope, faster than an avalanche. A wind starts also and the trees lean towards you, away from the oncoming cloud. You hear cracking of tree trunks and limbs are falling all around. You feel and smell hot sulfurous gas. Suddenly things around you start bursting into flame. The sky darkens and you are blasted by the wind and tiny
