The Petrified Forrest of Lesvos

Photographs by D. Talianis and V. Tsonis.
Texts by E. Velitzelos and N. Zouros.
English translation by Geoffrey Cox.
Twenty million years ago, one of the most important monuments of geology in the Aegean, of world-wide renown in the world of the geosciences, came into being on Lesvos - its Petrified Forest, which is located mainly in the western part of the island and also extends into the sea.