Are these watermelons? Petrified watermelons, melon rocks, melon gravel – these are all names for basalt boulders scattered across the Snake River corridor. While the process of petrification can turn organic material like watermelons into stone, watermelons did not even exist when these rock monoliths were formed. The colloquial name “petrified watermelons” comes from a […]
What are petrified watermelons?
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