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Petrified Wood Hoodoo

A hoodoo, or column, topped by a large piece of petrified wood.

Harder materials, like petrified wood, will protect softer materials, like sand or clay, beneath it, creating these columns (or "hoodoos") through a process known as differential erosioin.

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