The Geology of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge | Black Spire Outpost, Disneyland

Travel with me to Black Spire Outpost on the planet of Batuu as I tell you all about the geology that inspired its namesake petrified tree spires. Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge features spires of giant petrified trees, which are the remnants of a once great ancient forest. The petrified spires were inspired by Petrified Forest National Park in Arizona. If you'd like to see a real petrified tree, head over to Frontierland in Disneyland and see a petrified tree gifted to Disneyland from Lillian Disney. The information in the park is not accurate about the tree, so I also explain its true geological origins. (The tree is 34 million years old, to be precise!)

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