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Researchers Excavate Petrified Rainforest in German City

Researchers in the decidedly un-tropical German city of Chemnitz are uncovering spectacular remains of a petrified rainforest. The forest was preserved under a thick layer of ash after a volcanic eruption 290 million years ago.
Read entire article at Spiegel Online