Monday, October 27, 2014

This here is my Propaganda piece.  I wanted to do something a little different, and I came across this photograph of a petrified tree trunk that was found vertical through solid rock.  There were other images of multiple trunks over a large distance, but this one served its purpose.  As you can see in the picture, the rock is layered like a stack of pancakes.  There is an ongoing controversial debate about the age of thee earth that revolves around this enigma.  This image suggests that this section of earth was laid down very rapidly.  How else could an entire tree be lodged within it, deep underground?  And yet there are visible layers in the rock surrounding it, like those found all over the earth.  It has been argued that the discovery of these trunks has "sliced" a hole in many scientists' theories that each layer represents an enormous span of time.  In true propaganda fashion, this poster only presents one side of the issue, and I attempted to make it as compelling as possible. 

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