Guatemala's Petrified Forest

Grade / Age

3 - 8 / 8 - 14

Duration

45 minutes

Explorer Classroom is a live, interactive online event featuring National Geographic Explorers.

Join Gabby Salazar and Ross Donihue to learn about their expedition to a recently discovered petrified forest in Guatemala.

Credit: Ross Donihue

Event Recording

About This Event

Explorer Gabby Salazar is a photographer and environmental social scientist who works with scientists to help tell stories about their research. Explorer Ross Donihue is a cartographer and conservationist who uses map-based storytelling to communicate science and to connect people with places. Together they are working with a team of scientists exploring a recently discovered petrified forest in Guatemala. Join them to learn about this expedition and why collaboration–both with other scientists and local communities–is so important.

Featured Explorers

National Geographic Explorers are an international community of changemakers, who use the power of science, exploration, education and storytelling to illuminate and protect the wonder of our world, while inspiring the next generation to do the same.

Explorer Since 2011

Gabby R. Salazar

Conservation Photographer, Environmental Social Scientist

Gabby Salazar is a conservation photographer and environmental social scientist.

Explorer Since 2016

Ross S. Donihue

Mapmaker

Ross Donihue is a National Geographic Explorer who uses maps to tell stories about the world.

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