Po kr\u00e1tkej zast\u00e1vke na p\u00e1r fotiek pokra\u010dujeme \u010falej do parku Petrified Forrest. Na ploche pribli\u017ene 600 km2 sa rozkladaj\u00fa skamenel\u00e9 kmene stromov r\u00f4znych ve\u013ekost\u00ed a\u00a0farieb. Vyzer\u00e1 to ako keby si niekto chystal drevo na zimu a\u00a0ono mu skamenelo.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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S\u00fa\u010das\u0165ou parkov s\u00fa aj pozostatky osady p\u00f4vodn\u00fdch obyvate\u013eov so skaln\u00fdmi kresbami. <\/span><\/p>\n

Dne\u0161n\u00fa noc str\u00e1vime v\u00a0meste Holbrook, do ktor\u00e9ho prich\u00e1dzame po Route 66.<\/span>\u00a0R\u00e1no sa vyd\u00e1vame do obchodu so suven\u00edrmi, ktor\u00fd pri ve\u010dernej prech\u00e1dzke objavila pozn\u00e1vania chtiv\u00e1 skupina.\u00a0Nakoniec tam str\u00e1vime asi hodinu prezeran\u00edm r\u00f4znych skamenel\u00edn a v\u00fdrobkov zo skamenen\u00e9ho dreva. Na pamiatku si k\u00fapim tri\u010dko s\u00a0logom parku Petrified Forrest, magnetky a\u00a0ako spr\u00e1vny astron\u00f3m dva meteority.<\/p>\n

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Sad\u00e1me do \u00e1ut a\u00a0vyr\u00e1\u017eame za astronomick\u00fdmi pozoruhodnos\u0165ami. Najprv nav\u0161t\u00edvime Barringerov kr\u00e1ter.\u00a0Pri ceste n\u00e1s zaujala tabu\u013ea, pri ktorej sme sa museli odfoti\u0165. Je na nej porovnanie r\u00fdchlost\u00ed auta a\u00a0meteoritu.<\/p>\n

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Barringerov kr\u00e1ter je\u00a0impaktn\u00fd kr\u00e1ter vytvoren\u00fd pred 50.000 rokmi dopadom meteoritu s\u00a0priemerom asi 45 metrov na zemsk\u00fd povrch. Kr\u00e1ter m\u00e1 priemer 1,2 km,\u00a0h\u013abku 170 m a\u00a0je obklopen\u00fd okrajom s\u00a0v\u00fd\u0161kou 45 m nad okolit\u00fdm ter\u00e9nom. Vidie\u0165 tak\u00fa obrovsk\u00fa \u201ejamu\u201c na vlastn\u00e9 o\u010di je \u00fa\u017easn\u00e9, preto\u017ee fotografia neposkytne ten vnem rozmeru.<\/p>\n

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V\u00a0n\u00e1v\u0161tevn\u00edckom centre je vystaven\u00fd najv\u00e4\u010d\u0161\u00ed \u00falomok z\u00a0meteoritu, ktor\u00fd sa \u201ezasl\u00fa\u017eil\u201c o\u00a0vznik tohto kr\u00e1teru.<\/p>\n

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\u0160es\u0165desiat kilometrov z\u00e1padne od kr\u00e1teru sa nach\u00e1dza mesto Flagstaff. V\u00a0kopcoch nad mestom je vybudovan\u00e9 Lowellovo observat\u00f3rium. Tu objavil astron\u00f3m Clyde Tombaugh deviatu plan\u00e9tu slne\u010dnej s\u00fastavy \u2013 Pluto. T\u00e1 medzi\u010dasom stratila \u0161tat\u00fat plan\u00e9ty a\u00a0bola zaraden\u00e1 k\u00a0trpasli\u010d\u00edm plan\u00e9tam. \u017dia\u013e kupola, v\u00a0ktorej bol tento objav uskuto\u010dnen\u00fd nie je z\u00a0d\u00f4vodu rekon\u0161trukcie pr\u00edstupn\u00e1. Ale are\u00e1l hvezd\u00e1rne je rozsiahly, a\u00a0tak sa prid\u00e1vame k\u00a0n\u00e1v\u0161tevn\u00edkom v\u00a0in\u00fdch kupol\u00e1ch a\u00a0konferen\u010dn\u00fdch miestnostiach. Ako astron\u00f3mov n\u00e1s zaujal fakt, \u017ee aj napriek bl\u00edzkosti mesta je obloha na observat\u00f3riu tmav\u00e1. D\u00f4vod sa dozvieme cestou do mesta, ved\u013ea cesty je umiestnen\u00e1 tabu\u013ea s\u00a0n\u00e1pisom \u201eDark-sky friendly city\u201c a\u00a0tak len ticho z\u00e1vid\u00edme miestnym astron\u00f3mom tak\u00fdto pr\u00edstup mesta k\u00a0zni\u017eovaniu sveteln\u00e9ho zne\u010distenia oblohy.<\/p>\n

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Nocujeme vo Flagstaffe, ve\u010der e\u0161te diskutujeme o\u00a0dojmoch z\u00a0n\u00e1v\u0161tevy Barringerovho kr\u00e1tera a\u00a0Lowellovho observat\u00f3ria.<\/p>\n

V\u00a0poslednej \u010dasti nav\u0161t\u00edvime Waterholes canyon, Bryce canyon, zastav\u00edme sa u\u00a0n\u00e1\u0161ho krajana v\u00a0Salt Lake City a\u00a0polet\u00edme domov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prin\u00e1\u0161ame v\u00e1m \u0161tvrt\u00fa \u010das\u0165 z cesty Juraja \u0160kvarku za zatmen\u00edm slnka v USA. Vst\u00e1vame skoro r\u00e1no, dnes m\u00e1me na programe N\u00e1rodn\u00e9 parky Painted Desert a\u00a0Petrified Forest. Nach\u00e1dzaj\u00fa sa na obidvoch stran\u00e1ch historickej Route 66, v\u00a0bl\u00edzlosti mesta Holbrook. Painted Desert je tvoren\u00e1 r\u00f4znofarebn\u00fdmi vrstvami pieskovcov\u00fdch a\u00a0bridlicov\u00fdch usaden\u00edn, ktor\u00e9 sa zvidite\u013enili er\u00f3ziou poddajnej\u0161\u00edch vrstiev. Pri prejazde medzi …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2309,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[91],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n