Petrified

Panicked with last minute preparations for the holidays? Gift wrap everywhere, desiccated pine needles covering your floor, and the in-laws due any minute? I have the perfect stress-reducer for you: Stop what you're doing and watch this time-lapse video, "Petrified Life". It'll help. A lot. [Please engage SOP: Make it full screen, and turn the volume up.] Holy wow. I've been out to the American southwest a few times, and the formations there are stunning; layered sedimentary rocks deposited over...