The 20 million year-old fossilized tree
Hi! For today I have prepared a fresh discovery from the Greek island in the northeastern Aegean Sea – Lesbos . I hope that this post and pictures of beautiful Greece will make you feel like on holidays 🌴 Petrified Forest in Lesvos, Greece Let me start by saying that one of the most interesting tourist attractions on Lesbos is the Petrified Forest . It is an area of 150 km2 with the remains of a subtropical forest that was razed to the ground by a volcanic eruption about 20 million years ago 🌋 . The subtropical forest ecosystem of the island was then flooded with lava and, due to heavy rainfall in the days following the eruption, the ash turned into mud with some ejection material. All this meant that the entire ecosystem was well preserved. Petrified Forest in Lesvos, Greece After a long introduction, I can finally get to the point, i.e. the latest excavation. So, scientists working in the Petrified Park have recently dug a fossilized tree that is 19m long! It is the first such w...