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Cathedral Rock, Carnarvon National Park - Mt Moffatt Section. by Ian & Marg

This part of this wonderful national park, is a display of the remnant sculptures of the beds of Hutton Sandstone.
Here the moisture within the sandstone weeps or rises to the surface to be evaporated and in so doing brings dissolved minerals to the surface which then become indurations toughening the surface. The rising moisture also sustains lichen that cover the surface protecting it from weathering. The result is this grey wavey surface.
However where the surface is broken, and along the bedding planes and joint lines, the weathering is relatively rapid, and the colour of the sandstone is revealed.

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(Untitled) by Marie-Laure Even

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Banks Rock by loveexploring

Banks Rock is well off a gravel road through the Great Western Woodlands. We did not reach it with our camper along the unsigned bush tracks but found another rock nearby to camp. There were no other visitors around which added to the feeling of remoteness. A huge proportion of the South West of Western Australia is underlain by granite, the Yilgarn Craton. The cratons of Western Australia contain rocks more than 2.5 billion years old. These cratons have floated across the Earth’s surface over billions of years before arriving at their present arrangement as part of Western Australia. The Yilgarn Craton was once blanketed by thick sheets of ice from about 320–280 million years ago. These glaciers ground down and flattened out the topography in large areas of the Yilgarn Craton. Since that time it has never been completely covered by the sea and has seen no glaciers or mountain building activity. Over millions of years, a stable climate has allowed species to evolve without the major extinctions seen elsewhere in the world. Granite outcrops and domes – where the Yilgarn Block is exposed above the surface – are typical features of the flat and sandy landscape of South West Australia. Around the base of outcrops, soils are often deeper and benefit from seepage of water from the impermeable rocks, so distinctive fringing vegetation zones develop, biodiversity hotspots within the Southwest Australia biodiversity hotspot. Source: excerpts from Western Australia Museum website. The photo is a drone panorama from 5 vertical files shot after sunset, the Earth's shadow is seen above the horizon.

Sarek Nationalpark / Schweden by gabi.nell

Kleine Spitzkoppe by An Gobán Saor

The early morning sun creeps across the Namib desert and hits the red granite rocks on Kleine Spitzkoppe to the west. The shadow on the left is from Gross Spitzkoppe, where Mal and I are with our cameras. (That's Mal bottom right.)

"Klein Spitzkoppe is a granite inselberg ("island mountain") located in southern Damaraland, Namibia, 110 kilometers northeast of the coastal harbor town of Swakopmund. The mountain peak is 1,580 meters above sea level. Approximately 12 km eastnortheast of Klein ("small") Spitzkoppe is another granite inselberg, Gross ("large") Spitzkoppe, which has an elevation of 1750 meters above sea level. Both of these mountains form impressive topographic landmarks that can be seen from many kilometers away, rising high above the surrounding Namib Desert calcrete plains.

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Minnipa Eyre Peninsula. pildappa Rock. Granite. by denisbin

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Shiprock - Tsé Bitʼaʼí, by wmpe2000

Roadtrip to Breckenridge
Navajo Nation

Shiprock - monadnock or inselberg (mountain in a flat plain)
Tsé Bitʼaʼí, - rock with wings

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DSCN0249 - AYERS ROCK - LE MONT ULURU - AUSTRALIE by scarlett3846

Uluru/Ayers Rock est un inselberg en grès situé dans le Territoire du Nord, au centre de l'île principale de l'Australie. Il a une hauteur de 348m par rapport au sol et une altitude de 863 m par rapport au niveau de la mer, bien qu'il s'enfonce profondément sous terre. Il a un périmètre de 9,4 km et une longueur de 2,5 km - Il est situé à 335 km au sud-ouest d'Alice Springs. Il est sacré pour le peuple aborigène de la région, les Pitjantjatjaras, qui font partie des Anangus. Le site abrite des points d'eau, des grottes et des peintures rupestres. I l est classé sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO au travers du parc national d'Uluṟu -Kata Tjuṯa dont il est, avec les Kata Tjuṯa/monts Olga, l'une des formations emblématiques.
Ses singularités géologiques et hydrologiques, associées aux remarquables teintes qu'il peut prendre, en particulier au coucher du soleil, en ont fait un des emblèmes de l'Australie. Il est devenu une attraction touristique à partir de la fin des années 1930.

Merci beaucoup à tous pour votre gentil commentaire et vos favoris très appréciés - bien cordialement ! au plaisir !

Thank you very much to all for your kind comment and your very appreciated favorites - well cordially - au plaisir -

Herzlichen Dank an alle für Ihren freundlichen Kommentar und Ihre beliebten Favoriten - herzlich! zum Vergnügen !

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