10 Captivating Rock Formations

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10 Captivating Rock Formations

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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).

Golden Rock (Burma)


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This spectacular sandstone formation called The Wave is located on the

slopes of the Coyote Buttes, Arizona. The formation can be reached by hiking

approximately 3 miles (4.8 kilometers) across rugged, trail less landscape,

making the round-trip to and from The Wave a nearly 6-mile (9.7-kilometer)


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hike that climbs about 350 feet (107 meters) in altitude.

Ayers Rock (Australia)


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A stone sculpted by wind and sand, the "Stone Tree" is located high on the

Bolivian Altiplano, one of the world's most beautiful landscapes.

Mushroom Rock (Egypt)

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,


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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.

Melting Shadows (Utah, USA)

Stone vertebrae snag morning's light along the northern tip of Utah's Bridger

Jack Mesa (foreground), leaving Lavender Canyon hidden in a cold, purpleshroud. 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."


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Split Apple Rock (New Zealand)


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Perce Rock (Canada)


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This rock formation is one of the largest natural arches in the world. The

pierced rock used to have two arches until one of the outer arches collapsedin June 17, 1845. Despite the loss of one arch, the Perce Rock is still tagged

one of the valued seven wonders of Canada. The rock gets its name from a

large 15 meter (50 ft) high arch near its seaward end.

Delicate Arch (Utah, USA)


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A world famous arch located in Arches National Park (Utah, USA), the Delicate

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