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Fascinating Rock formation
« on: November 29, 2009, 09:19:19 PM »
                  
Golden Rock (Burma)


Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, is afamous Buddhist pilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. A small pagoda(5.5 m - 18 ft) sits on top of the "golden rock," a granite bouldercovered with gold leaves pasted on by devotees. The Rock itself isprecariously perched and seems to defy gravity as it perpetuallyappears to be on the verge of rolling down the hill
      
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« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2009, 09:20:23 PM »
                  
Delicate Arch (Utah, USA)


A world famous arch located in Arches nationalpark(Utah, USA), the Delicate Arch is a mysterious lone-standing archthat has become a symbol of the state.
      
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« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2009, 09:20:41 PM »
Stone Tree (Bolivia)
 

A stone sculpted by wind and sand, the "StoneTree" is located high on the Bolivian Altiplano, one of the world'smost beautiful landscapes.
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Mushroom Rock (Egypt)
 

This is one of the world's most famous mushroomrocks, located in Egypt. Also called "rock pedestals," they are one ofthe most striking manifestations of the processes of erosion andweathering. Usually found in desert areas, they are formed overthousands of years when erosion of an isolated rocky outcrop progressesat a different rate at its bottom than at its top.
      
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« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2009, 09:21:40 PM »
                  
The Wave (Arizona, USA)


This spectacular sandstone formation called “TheWave” is located on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes, Arizona. Theformation can be reached by hiking approximately 3 miles (4.8kilometers) across rugged, trail less landscape, making the round-tripto and from The Wave a nearly 6-mile (9.7-kilometer) hike that climbsabout 350 feet (107 meters) in altitude.
      
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Ayers Rock (Australia)
 

The large sandstone formation of Ayers Rock (alsoknown as Uluru) rises 1,142 feet from the desert. Its sheer size — witha circumference of 6 miles — dwarfs everything around it. This iconicmonolith of Australia is one of the largest in the world. From dawn todusk, it takes on a stunning range of red to brown shades with thechanging light. Ayers Rock is sacred to the Aborigines of the area, whoare known as the Anangu. In recent years, Uluru has also become popularwith New Age practitioners.
      
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Melting Shadows (Utah, USA)
 

Stone vertebrae snag morning's light along thenorthern tip of Utah's Bridger Jack Mesa (foreground), leaving LavenderCanyon hidden in a cold, purple shroud. Upper layers of the mesa arecomposed of what geologists call Wingate sandstone, deposited about 200million years ago when sand dunes hundreds of feet thick carpeted theregion. Weird and wild rock formations abound on the130,000-square-mile (340,000-square-kilometer) Colorado Plateau,prompting one early settler to describe it as "the roughest country youor anybody else ever seen; it's nothing in the world but rocks andholes, hills and hollows."
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Split Apple Rock (New Zealand)
 

The interesting formation of the famous SplitApple Rock on the South Island of New Zealand looks exactly as the namesuggests. Split Apple Rock, situated near Marahau, Abel Tasman NationalPark, Tasman District, is a very popular tourist destination.
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The Pinnacles (Australia)
 

These beautiful limestone formations called ThePinnacles are contained within Namburg National Park in WesternAustralia. The Pinnacles were formed from lime leaching from the sandand by rain cementing the lower levels of the dune into a softlimestone.
 
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Perce Rock (Canada)
 

This rock formation is one of the largest naturalarches in the world. The pierced rock used to have two arches until oneof the outer arches collapsed in June 17, 1845. Despite the loss of onearch, the Perce Rock is still tagged one of the valued seven wonders ofCanada. The rock gets its name from a large 15 meter (50 ft) high archnear its seaward end.
      
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