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10 Fascinating Rock Formations

  
Golden Rock (Burma)

Kyaiktiyo Pagoda, also known as Golden Rock, is a famous Buddhistpilgrimage site in Mon State, Burma. A small pagoda (5.5 m - 18 ft)sits on top of the "golden rock," a granite boulder covered with goldleaves pasted on by devotees. The rock itself is precariously perchedand seems to defy gravity as it perpetually appears to be on the vergeof rolling down the hill.
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Delicate Arch (Utah, USA)

A world famous arch located in Arches National Park (Utah, USA), the Delicate Arch is a mysterious lone-standing arch that has become a symbol of the state.(Link)


Stone Tree (Bolivia)

Astone sculpted by wind and sand, the "Stone Tree" is located high onthe Bolivian Altiplano, one of the world's most beautiful landscapes.(Link | Photo)


Mushroom Rock (Egypt)

Thisis one of the world's most famous mushroom rocks, located in Egypt.Also called "rock pedestals," they are one of the most strikingmanifestations of the processes of erosion and weathering. Usuallyfound in desert areas, they are formed over thousands of years whenerosion of an isolated rocky outcrop progresses at a different rate atits bottom than at its top. (Link)

The Wave (Arizona, USA)

This spectacular sandstone formation called “The Wave” is located onthe slopes of the Coyote Buttes, Arizona. The formation can be reachedby hiking approximately 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) across rugged, trailless landscape,making the round-trip to and from The Wave a nearly 6-mile(9.7-kilometer) hike that climbs about 350 feet (107 meters) inaltitude.(Link)


Ayers Rock (Australia)

The large sandstone formation of Ayers Rock (also known as Uluru) rises1,142 feet from the desert. Its sheer size — with a circumference of 6miles — dwarfs everything around it. This iconic monolith of Australiais one of the largestin the world. From dawn to dusk, it takes on a stunning range of red tobrown shades with the changing light. Ayers Rock is sacred to theAborigines of the area, who are known as the Anangu. In recent years,Uluru has also become popular with New Age practitioners.(Link)


Melting Shadows (Utah, USA)

Stonevertebrae snag morning's light along the northern tip of Utah's BridgerJack Mesa (foreground), leaving Lavender Canyon hidden in a cold,purple shroud. Upper layers of the mesa are composed of what geologistscall Wingate sandstone, deposited about 200 million years ago when sanddunes hundreds of feet thick carpeted the region. Weird and wild rockformations abound on the 130,000-square-mile (340,000-square-kilometer)Colorado Plateau, prompting one early settler to describe it as "theroughest country you or anybody else ever seen; it's nothing in theworld but rocks and holes, hills and hollows."(Link)


Split Apple Rock (New Zealand)

Theinteresting formation of the famous Split Apple Rock on the SouthIsland of New Zealand looks exactly as the name suggests. Split AppleRock, situated near Marahau, Abel Tasman National Park, TasmanDistrict, is a very popular tourist destination.(Link | Photo)


The Pinnacles (Australia)

These beautiful limestoneformations called The Pinnacles are contained within Namburg NationalPark in Western Australia. The Pinnacles were formed from lime leachingfrom the sand and by rain cementing the lower levels of the dune into a soft limestone.(Link | Photo)


Perce Rock (Canada)

This rock formation is one of the largestnatural arches in the world. The pierced rock used to have two archesuntil one of the outer arches collapsed in June 17, 1845. Despite the lossof one arch, the Perce Rock is still tagged one of the valued sevenwonders of Canada. The rock gets its name from a large 15 meter (50 ft)high arch near its seaward end.(Link)

Reader Contributions to "10 Fascinating Rock Formations"



pont d'arc, provence, france
by Vali on 11/19/2009

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Monterey Big Sur "Doorway"
by Whitney on 11/18/2009
This doorway rock formation can be found in the Big Sur region of Monterey, CA. As you can see, when(...)


Vila Velha - Ponta Grossa - Paraná - Brazil
by Alex on 11/14/2009

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Cathedral Cove - New Zealand
by Tahnee L on 11/12/2009
Located in the Coramandel Peninsula of new zealands north island near Hahei and Hot water beach, the(...)


Durdle Door
by Bottlekid on 11/9/2009
Durdle Door at Lulworth Cove, Dorset, UK
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El Nido, Palawan Limestone Islands
by Jigs on 10/25/2009
The beaches are surrounded by towering limestone cliffs. These cliffs serve as nestling ground of sw(...)
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El Nido, Palawan Limestone Islands
by Jigs on 10/25/2009
The beaches are surrounded by towering limestone cliffs. These cliffs serve as nestling ground of sw(...)
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Rock of Gibraltar
by Jigs on 10/25/2009
The Rock of Gibraltar (sometimes by its Latin name, Calpe) is a monolithic limestone promontory loca(...)
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Capo D'Orso, Sardinia, Italy
by july on 10/23/2009
The Bear's Cape.
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Cudgel of Hercules
by Kama on 10/23/2009
~Maczuga Herkulesa is a tall (30 meters) limestone rock situated in Ojców National Park, north from (...)


Old Man Rock
by Steve Morgan on 10/20/2009
Rock shaped like old man's face in Montana.


The Olgas - Australia
by Jonathan C on 10/18/2009
You get this rock as a surprise when you go to see Ayers rock. The scale of this formation is simpl(...)


Azure Window, Malta
by seastone on 10/15/2009
The Azure Window is a result of erosion by the sea creating two huge columns, around 40 metres in di(...)
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Camel Rock, New Mexico
by Nathan Gregg on 10/15/2009
This rock formation is in Northern New Mexico near the town of Tesuque. Camel Rock plays an importan(...)


Lime Stone Forest
by RichyLee on 10/14/2009
Don't forget the Lime Stone Forest in Kunming, China. Where you can walk through mazes of lime ston(...)


The 12 Aposltles, Vic Australia
by Neal on 10/13/2009
12 rock columns carved by the sea along the Vic coast in Aus. Spectacular!
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Natural Bridge
by Botrosss on 10/13/2009
Amazing rock formation in Albany, W.A. Australia
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The Stone Mushrooms
by Ivan on 10/13/2009
The Stone Mushrooms is a rock phenomenon near Beli Plast village in Bulgaria, on the road between Ha(...)
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Pobiti Kamani
by Ivan on 10/13/2009
Pobiti Kamani (Bulgarian: ?????? ??????) is a rock phenomenon located in Varna Province, Bulgaria, o(...)
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Arch Rock
by shine on 10/13/2009
Natural limestone formation on Mackinac Island, Michigan


Faraglioni Sunrise
by noseph on 10/13/2009
Faraglioni, Isle of Capri. Taken at 06:48 on Aug 21, 2003 with a Casio QV-2000UX.


Devil's town, Serbia
by Luka on 10/13/2009
Devil's town -Djavolja varos is one of the most attractive natural phenomena in the world. It is a p(...)
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Stone Mountain
by Dawn Bray on 10/13/2009
One of the world's largest exposed granite rock is in Georgia, USA, which does have the world's larg(...)
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Redonda
by Cosmo on 10/13/2009
Redonda is essentially one very large rock. It is the remnant of an ancient volcanic core, and the l(...)
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Stromatolites
by Lee on 10/12/2009
Not technically a rock, but they can become rock through lithification. They are accretionary struc(...)


Cabo Arch
by Alejandra Marquez on 10/12/2009
Created by erosion of sea winds this magnific rock formation is located just where the Pacific Ocean(...)
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Shilin (Stone Forest), China
by Cosmo on 10/12/2009
Shilin (AKA Stone Forest) is a huge formation of grey rocks in the Yunnan province of China. The loc(...)
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La Portada de Antofagasta
by Pablo Espoz on 10/12/2009
The rock called "La Portada" in Antofagasta, Chile is one of the most visited spot in the north beac(...)


Torres Del Paine in Southern Patagonia (Chile)
by Zhu on 10/12/2009
Located in Southern Patagonia in Chile, the Torres Del Paine National Park is most famous for the To(...)
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The REAL James Bond island in Thailand
by Frida on 10/12/2009
The real James Bond island is located in Phuket/Krabi, Thailand.
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Montserrat
by OdoacrO on 10/12/2009
Montserrat it's a mountain located in Catalonia, Spain. The mountains has strange rock formations. I(...)


Rawche - Beirut - Lebanon
by SicoMico on 10/12/2009


Camel Rock - Tesuque, New Mexico
by Bill in Espanola on 10/12/2009


Moon Valley (Bolivia)
by Tantantantan on 10/12/2009
Valle de la Luna (moon valley in English) is situated about 10 kilometers from downtown La Paz, in t(...)
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Elephant Trunk Hill - Guilin, China
by Chris Mellon on 10/12/2009
Right in the city, no hours-long commute to visit.
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Moon Hill - Yangshuo, China
by Chris Mellon on 10/12/2009
You can climb right to the top of the rock if you take the abandoned path.
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Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) - Serbia
by Seka on 10/12/2009


Toad Rock - Rusthall, Kent, UK
by Sofiane on 10/12/2009
Toad shaped rock based in the village of Rusthall, Kent.sorry the videos rubbish, the websites b(...)
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The Floating Rock
by Purple_Tulip on 10/12/2009
The rock wanted to follow the Prophet Muhammad. This phenomenon happened on the night of ascent of P(...)
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Bebele, Carpatian Mountins, Romania
by Sandra on 10/12/2009
Babele (meaning old women) is a name for an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania.Babe(...)
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Rhino Head in Palawan, Phillipines
by mj on 10/12/2009
self explanitory
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Cabo San Lucas
by Rojamitchell on 10/12/2009
Great place in México :]
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Devil's Tower, Wyoming
by Cosmo on 10/12/2009
Devils Tower is a core of a volcano exposed from erosion. It is located in the Black Hills in Crook (...)
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Babele (Old Ladies)
by Magus on 10/11/2009
Rock formations in the Bucegi massif in the Southern Carpathians in Romania.
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MUKUROB - The Finger of God
by Gwyn on 10/11/2009
This rock is no more. It collapsed 4 December 1988.Nama oral tradition related that the power of (...)
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Balancing rocks from Zimbabwe
by Gwyn on 10/11/2009
These rocks are so famous they appear on the banknotes of Zimbabwe.


Moeraki Boulders
by Lizzie on 10/11/2009
These huge spherical boulders are scattered along the Otago coast in NZ.
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Roque Nublo
by Tenebros on 10/11/2009
English meaning of Roque Nublo is Rock Clouded which is close to true (Rock is over the clouds). Loc(...)
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Pancake Rocks
by Jenny on 10/11/2009
This natural rock formation in New Zealand is formed by layers upon layers of limestone creating a "(...)
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Russian Stone Idols of Komi
by Nano on 10/11/2009
"This is one of the most mysterious places of Russian North. Those stone idols attract tourists from(...)
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Chicken - Ceará-Brazil
by Hugo on 10/11/2009

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Cape Brett "Hole in the Rock" New Zealand
by Missew on 10/11/2009
Cape Brett is a promontory on the northern North Island coast in New Zealand. Located at the end of (...)
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What Giant Caused This?
by Big Mac on 10/11/2009
Giant's Causeway in Scotland. There's another great picture at www.galileo.org/math/puzzles/Giant.h(...)
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Preikestolen
by caio on 10/11/2009
this rock formation is principal turism atraction on norway,nobody has a answer for this rock format(...)
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The Stone Trees of Yakutsk
by Roggenrolf on 10/11/2009
A very impressive formation of rocks near the russian city of Yakutsk (around 5000kms from Moskva).
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Devil's Punchbowl, OR
by Skullycat on 10/11/2009
State officials believe the punchbowl was formed when the roof of two sea caves collapsed, creating (...)
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Giant's Causeway
by ek on 10/11/2009
Giant's Causeway in Ireland


La "Portada de Antofagasta"
by Fernando Soler Escalona on 10/11/2009
The Portada de Antofagasta is the result of the erosive differential action of the sea on the coast,(...)
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Enchanted Rock in central Texas
by AlanDP on 10/11/2009
Enchanted Rock is a huge, pink granite exfoliation dome, that rises 425 feet above ground, 1825 feet(...)
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Stone Mountain
by Stacie on 10/11/2009
How could you guys forget our own Stone Mountain?The world's largest known granite
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Flowerpot Rocks
by Johnnycanuck on 10/11/2009
The Hopewell Rocks, also called the Flowerpot Rocks, are rock formations caused by tidal erosion in (...)


Portada de Antofagasta (Antofagasta, Chile)
by Hancamilo on 10/11/2009
Strange rock formation on the chilean shore.


New Brunswick-Bay of Fundy
by KendraR on 10/11/2009
Also called Hopewell Rocks, they are located in a popular tourist destination at Hopewell Cape, New (...)


Devil's Town in South Serbia
by Pavle on 10/11/2009

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Garden of the Gods- Colorado, USA
by aric_lightfeather on 10/11/2009
The Garden of the Gods is a rock formation near Colorado Springs, Colorado. Created by a strange com(...)
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Eye of the Needle
by Jackie on 10/11/2009
Another rock arch that was located alongside the Missouri River near Fort Benton Montana. In 1997 it(...)


Sleeping Ute
by Follower on 10/11/2009
In the very old days, the Sleeping Ute Mountain was a Great Warrior God. He came to help fight again(...)


Monkey Face @ Smith Rocks OR
by Ali on 10/11/2009
This is one of the coolest places I've been to. My girlfriend and I actually climbed it. My most mem(...)


Rauks at Gotland Sweden
by Aekiey on 10/11/2009
shaped out of thousands of years, by hard wind and water, these rocks are placed on gotland but also(...)
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The Giant's Causway
by Sam Law on 10/11/2009
Just look at it.


Roca Bruja
by ribo1987 on 10/11/2009
Roca Bruja in Costa Rica
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Providence Canyon, GA
by Patrick Barden on 10/11/2009
Providence Canyon, also known as Georgia's little grand canyon is stunning in it's many colors of ea(...)
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Kapadokya Turkey
by Wildowl on 10/11/2009

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uchisar Turkey
by Wildowl on 10/11/2009

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Kapadokya Turkey
by Wildowl on 10/11/2009

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Urgup Turkey
by Wildowl on 10/11/2009

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Camel Rock
by Bill from Espanola on 10/11/2009
Camel Rock Tesuque, New Mexico


Window Rock
by Spectre on 10/11/2009
Interesting rock formation in Arizona (and setting of my favorite childhood book, "The Goat in the R(...)
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Jerusalem ""Floating Rock"
by Spectre on 10/11/2009
A much Photoshopped rock barely balanced on tiny "legs" (the source link is very full of graphics an(...)
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Montserrat Mountain
by Xpiders on 10/11/2009
"Montserrat" literally means "jagged (serrated) mountain" in Catalan due to its chainsaw aspect. It (...)
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Flowerpot Islands, Tobermory, Ontario
by sarah on 10/11/2009
flowerpot islands in bruce county ontario


Kjeragbolten
by Fredrik on 10/11/2009
Kjeragbolten, a 5 m³ boulder wedged in a mountain crevasse by the edge of the Kjerag mountain (59°2?(...)
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Trona Pinnacles
by Denise on 10/11/2009
These interesting formations are in the town of Trona, California and have been used as a back drop (...)
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Hopewell Rocks, New Brunswick, Cnada
by Dan on 10/11/2009
Hopewell Rocks are in The Bay of Fundy, where the tides can vary by up to 52ft (16m). At low tide y(...)
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Kaffepannan, Gotland, Sweden
by Trauloft on 10/11/2009
One of the famous Rauks on the biggest island in Sweden, Gotland.
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Bell Rock
by Adam on 10/11/2009
Located in Sedona, Arizona


The Rocks of Rouche (lebanon)
by Elmo on 10/11/2009


Viva Velha Park
by Barbara on 10/11/2009
Located in Ponta Grossa (Brazil), the park was created to protect over 18 km² of rock formations.
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Stone dolls (?????? ?????)
by Bojan, Macedonia on 10/11/2009
This rock formation is located in Macedonia, South-East Europe, on 0.4 square km. Some of these "dol(...)


the old lady's jump
by dimidola on 10/11/2009
When the Turks took over the island of Andros (Greece), an old lady together with her pregnant daugh(...)
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The Hopewell Rocks
by Brynn on 10/11/2009
These rocks are worn down at the base from the tides washing up and down. This is when the tide is o(...)


Taipei Yeliu
by D2D on 10/11/2009
Weather you agree with the park rangers that Yehliu's strange rock formations resemble a nymph's san(...)
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Stone trees of Yakutsk
by Paul Goodhue on 10/11/2009
These are the breath-taking "stone trees in Russia, also known as; ?Lena's stone forest? or ?Lena's (...)
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Bogenfels, Naminia
by Gwyn on 10/11/2009
The Bogenfels is a sea arch which is on the coast of Namibia in the Sperregebiet. It is very seldom(...)


James Bond - The Man With The Golden Gun - Rock, Halong Bay, Vietnam
by pcb on 10/11/2009
Ha Long Bay is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in Qu?ng Ninh province, Vietnam. The Bay has an (...)
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The Doorway to Antofagasta
by Dante on 10/11/2009
In Antofagasta, in the north of Chile, along the seacoast, there is a natural monument that features(...)


djavolja varos
by tomi on 10/11/2009
amazing
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Wave Rock - Western Australia
by Geoff Perston on 10/11/2009
Wave Rock attracts an amazing 130,000 visitors per year, which is incredible given it is more than 3(...)
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Balancing Rock at Jabalpur India
by Sarah on 10/11/2009
Balancing Rock. Jabalpur is also famous for eroded volcanic rock formations called as Balancing Rock(...)
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Omu Point
by andrew on 10/11/2009
Omu Point is situated in Romania in The Bucegi Mountains which are part of the Carphatian Mountains.(...)
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Cappadocia, Turkey
by the Soo-Rae on 10/11/2009
Called fairy chimneys, these tall domed rock formations are often used by residents as homes. The C(...)
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Tandil´s Movable Stone
by Cecilia on 10/11/2009
Tandil's Movable Stone was a rock of approximately 300 tons that was located in Tandil's Buenos Aire(...)
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Mounted stone
by Hanney Martins de Moraes Filho on 10/11/2009
the mounted stone is a megalithic monument which is located in Guararema\São Paulo, Brazil.It's a cu(...)
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Shipton's Arch
by Alex on 10/11/2009
This is probably the world's tallest natural arch. Though long familiar to locals, it was visited in(...)
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The sphinx & Old women (Bucegi, Romania)
by Ligia Adam on 10/11/2009
Old women (Babele) is a name for an area on the Bucegi Mountains plateau in Romania, one of the most(...)
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Drumheller, Canada
by Pitoudesign on 10/11/2009
Located on Highway 10, east of Drumheller, Hoodoos are mushroom shaped sandstone created by years an(...)
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The Sphinx
by ciprian miron on 10/11/2009
The Sphinx, a rock formation ,very unusual, representing a man face, situated at 2216 m high, in Buc(...)
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Wave Rock (Western Australia)
by Cam Bateman on 10/11/2009
Wave Rock is a natural rock formation located east of the small town of Hyden in Western Australia. (...)


Pravcicka brana
by Jitka on 10/11/2009
The largest natural stone arch on our continent - Europe. Its dimensions are remarkable, although (...)
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Babele & Sphinx
by T4G on 10/11/2009
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babelehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphinx_%28Romania%29
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The Romanian Sphinx
by romania on 10/11/2009
It's located in Bucegi mountain


?avolja Varo? a.k.a. Devil's Town (Serbia)
by Ime on 10/11/2009
?avolja Varo? (Serbian Cyrillic: ?????? ?????, meaning "Devil's Town") is a peculiar rock formation,(...)
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The bottle
by Vincent on 10/11/2009
This rock is located in britanny (France) on the pink granite coast.The erosion left the rock in a(...)
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La Portada
by Xyox on 10/11/2009
Is a natural arch on the coast of Chile, 18 km (11 miles) north of Antofagasta. It is one of fifteen(...)
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