EditorialShort Beach, which is known for the nuggets of agate, jasper, quartz and petrified wood that lie beneath its smooth rocks, near Cape Meares, Ore., in October 2021. (Scott Robinson/The New York Times)
EditorialA slice of petrified dawn redwood from Oregon that has turned to stone after being buried for millions of years at the American Museum of Natural History in New York on April 30, 2021. (Vincent Tullo/The New York Times)