INSANE Rock Formations That Actually Exist

21 insane rock formations that actually exist 21 of the stone forests in China it's better known as Sheol in the stone forest located near the city of the same name it consists of tall sets of limestone formations appearing too many like petrified trees a forest where the trees grew from the rock China preserved it as part of the Shilla National Scenic Area which spans over an area of 150 square miles or 400 kilometers squared with the force being among the six other natural attractions the limestone here has been estimated to have formed over 270 million years ago 20 Y in the Sahara near west central Mauritania in the Sahara Desert the elements have eroded an elliptical dome into the landscape a formation known as the reshot structure or more commonly nicknamed as the eye of the Sahara the entire dome measures to a diameter of 25 miles or 40 kilometers so in order to see the whole thing you need an aerial view like this photo it may seem like flat rings but the structure actually has a dip that measures 10 to 20 degrees at first scientists thought it may have been the result of an asteroid impact but further research shows that the reshot structure was made as an eroded geological tone 19 halong bay if you get a lot of travel magazines sent to your mailbox then you definitely have seen how long Bay on the cover of at least half of them now a popular tourist destination for those visiting Vietnam how long they apparently formed throughout the past 500 million years it measures to an area of 1553 kilometers squared and features up to 2,000 islets made of limestone the rock formations found along this Bay hold a lot of history when it comes to humans - with the area preserved as an important archaeological site from cultures stemming back sixteen thousand years ago eighteen tower located in the Bear Lodge mountains of northeastern Wyoming Devils Tower rises to a height of 1267 feet or 386 meters high in Native American cultures it has been called bears Lodge or great gray horn and was not called Devil's Tower until 1875 igneous rock formed this laço lithic butte which has an elevation of 5112 feet or 1559 meters above sea level forming an igneous intrusion the oldest rocks here originate from about 225 to 195 million years ago seventeen to twelve apostles not exactly the ones from the Bible but of course that's where the name of these limestone stacks came from you'll find them along the coast of Port Campbell National Park alongside the great ocean road in Australia because the road was made so close it made it incredibly accessible for tourists to visit the spot as well however at least four apostles have collapsed into the sea leaving only eight they reformed due to erosion as well as destroyed by it since the soft limestone can easily give way to the waves 16 the Chocolate Hills over 1,000 hills make up this geological formation in the province of Bohol Philippines called the Chocolate Hills for its periodic brown color in the dry season sales take up an area of 20 square miles or 50 square kilometers this collection of Haycock Hills appears even conical shapes which act to their appeal as a result the tourist traffic in Bohol has increased over the years ever since 2006 when two of the hills were made into resorts according to legend the hills formed as the aftermath of two feuding giants 15 the meteor or just meteora at the top of a natural pillar in Greece it's an old eastern orthodox monastery made some time during the 14th century although monks have been inhabiting a natural cavern since the 11th century meteora translates english as elevated it became a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988 in total account of six monasteries were built on these rock formations which developed as a mixture of sandstone and conglomerate the rock towers rise as high as 1,800 feet or 550 meters 14 from Taglioni and a cyclope southern italy is home to the largest island in the Mediterranean silly and by the town of acidosis its formations on the water known as fog Leone with three in total the most famous of these columns shaped Islands is the fir a gloomy day see QoP the cyclopean rock local legend says that the huge stones got thrown at Odysseus forming these islands where locals say the Cyclops race used to live 13 mm rocks in the Moors of Yorkshire England stand balancing rock formations that can get as high as 30 feet the brim rocks are owned by the National Trust the more of the same name remains open to visitors all year the moor expands to an area of 0.64 square miles or 1.66 kilometers squared science says earth produced these rocks from about 320 million years ago though it would be between 73 thousand to ten thousand years ago that the rocks took the shape you see before you they all have different names too with some rocks called the Sphinx the watchdog and one even called the dancing bear twelve moon Hill what you're seeing is a few of Moon Hill right beside the natural arch this popular tourist path can be found in the guanxi autonomous region in China to climb up moon Hill you need to go about 800 steps to get to the concrete path that goes right through the arch it has an elevation of 1,250 feet or 380 meters high while the hill itself measures to a height of 750 feet or 230 meters tall once you get to the top you're met with an amazing panoramic view of the entire countryside eleven of palace tucked away in the mess a Verde National Park in Colorado stand old cave dwellings made by the ancestral Puebloans these ancient peoples carved a whole palace into the rock formation in southwestern Colorado the largest cliff dwelling in the United States named cliff palace the construction of the structure went from 1192 around 1260 cee but by 1300 just 40 years later the Pueblo uns ultimately abandoned it most of the palace was built with mortar wooden beams and sandstone 10 Monument Valley in the same state we find Monument Valley which we have all seen at least one old western movie located in the Colorado Plateau region a bunch of sandstone came together thousands of years ago and made these huge buttes that rise 1,000 feet or 300 meters above the at the highest nine singing day bomber aha the great singing and the little sing exists right beside each other at the singing epimer aha National Park in Northwest Madagascar at this National Park are carsick plateaus geological formations where groundwater came up from elevated uplands and then went through the fissures of limestone forming these shapes these strange shapes make it the perfect environment for a bunch of animals and plants to live between the crevices eight flowerpot island what a cute name if you want to visit flowerpot island you just need to travel to the Canadian province of Ontario and make your way to the fathom five national marine park near Georgian Bay the entire island measures to 1.3 miles or 2.1 kilometers wide at the most on the eastern shore stand two rock pillars that many like into the shape of a flowerpot hence the name of the island over time as wind rain ice and waves collided with the shore it eventually formed these sea stacks while the softer rock washed away and left the more sturdy rock to remain standing 780 frog it looks like a wave of water aside from the color this natural rock formation stands 49 feet or 15 metres high with a length of 360 feet or 110 meters named wave rock it formed on the side of a hill within the height and Wildlife Park in Western Australia geological experts called the shape a flared slope formed by chemical weathering due to groundwater at the base of an insult berg the type of isolated Rock Hill people love seeing this strange site for themselves with over 140,000 tourists visiting the park per year six arches national park back to America we visit the arches national park located in eastern Utah here rocks arch and rise and unique ways with the park including over 2,000 natural sandstone arches the park encompasses a high desert which spans over 76,000 679 acres of land in the Colorado Plateau over 1 million people visit the park per year and the high traffic actually causes a threat to the ecosystem which already proves rather fragile five Valley of the Moon we're talking about the one and ichijou last Oh Argentina at the Valley of the Moon it includes these rugged towers of rock that rise out of the dry desert area that contains little amounts of cacti and bushes it's even called the valley of the moon for its Baroness that resembles the surface of the Moon in the sky though there's not a lot of vegetation there is a 130 foot tall petrified tree which shows that the area once had lots of thriving plants for the etherium tunnels one of the most unique rock formations were formed by neither nature nor man but created by prehistoric giant animals known as Megatherium sloths that were the size of elephants they lived in the lands of modern-day South America and carved these huge tunnels into the environment called Pillay burrows the researchers who came across an exam in the tunnels first thought they formed due to some geological process but then they came across a huge claw marks which signaled it was the doing of an animal 3 basaltic prisms of Santa Maria Regla it looks like an image out of a fantasy movie but the waterfall you see before you is real and can be found at the Santa Maria regula in Mexico water makes its way through these tall basalt columns into a ravine that flows from the San Antonio Dam the columns measure from 30 meters at the shortest to 50 meters at the highest with each column complete with six sides tourists can find these waterfalls just an hour away from Mexico City to moeraki bolders along the coast of New Zealand on Koki Beach these large spherical boulders have situated themselves against the wet sand the moeraki bolders range in sizes from 1.6 to 3.3 feet or 0.5 to 1 meter in diameter while others may measure up to four point nine to seven point two feet or 1.5 to 2.2 meters according to local legend the spheres were old eel baskets that washed ashore though they look man-made the spheres were made due to the cementation of mud stone made round by the water on the shore one very chimneys the hoodoos or fairy chimneys of Cappadocia sit on a high plateau on modern-day Anatolia Turkey these tall structures usually protrude from the bottom of an arid drainage basin like this one which you'll also find in other parts of the world the difference here humans decided to make these pillars into shelter since they realize the soft tuff could easily be carved away leaving the harder Rock to act as a shell [Music]

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Published: Mon Apr 02 2018