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10 Captivating Rock Formations
Enjoy these fascinating rock formations, including the Golden Rock (Burma),
The Wave (Arizona, USA), Ayers Rock (Australia), Stone Tree (Bolivia),
Mushroom Rock (Egypt), Melting Shadows (Utah, USA), Split Apple Rock
(New Zealand), The Pinnacles (Australia), Perce Rock (Canada) & the Delicate
Arch (Utah, USA).
This is one of the world's most famous mushroom rocks, located in Egypt.
Also called "rock pedestals," they are one of the most striking manifestations
of the processes of erosion and weathering. Usually found in desert areas,
they are formed over thousands of years when erosion of an isolated rocky
outcrop progresses at a different rate at its bottom than at its top.
Stone vertebrae snag morning's light along the northern tip of Utah's Bridger
Jack Mesa (foreground), leaving Lavender Canyon hidden in a cold, purple
shroud. Upper layers of the mesa are composed of what geologists call
Wingate sandstone, deposited about 200 million years ago when sand dunes
hundreds of feet thick carpeted the region. Weird and wild rock formations
abound on the 130,000-square-mile (340,000-square-kilometer) Colorado
Plateau, prompting one early settler to describe it as "the roughest country
you or anybody else ever seen; it's nothing in the world but rocks and holes,
hills and hollows."
Split Apple Rock (New Zealand)
The interesting formation of the famous Split Apple Rock on the South Island
of New Zealand looks exactly as the name suggests. Split Apple Rock,
situated near Marahau, Abel Tasman National Park, Tasman District, is a very
popular tourist destination.