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=== Rocks ===
=== Rocks ===


todo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegra_(Mada%27in_Salih)
==== Famous U.S. rocks ====
[[File:Qasr al Farid.JPG|thumb|Qaṣr Al-Farīd (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْفَرِيْد), meaning ‘the Lonely Castle’ is largest tomb at the archaeological site]]
 
==== Famous rocks ====
* '''Devil's Tower'''
* '''Devil's Tower'''
** a butte formation in Wyoming that abruptly juts out of the landscape 1,267 ft high
** a butte formation in Wyoming that abruptly juts out of the landscape 1,267 ft high
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File:The Three Sisters islets, DC.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Three Sisters islets, DC (wiki)
File:The Three Sisters islets, DC.jpg|thumb|200px|right|The Three Sisters islets, DC (wiki)
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=== Famous rocks around the world ===
[[File:Qasr al Farid.JPG|thumb|Qaṣr Al-Farīd (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْفَرِيْد), meaning ‘the Lonely Castle’ is largest tomb at the archaeological site]]
* Qaṣr Al-Farīd
** basalt rocks in northwestern Saudi Arabia that are exposed as large outcrops due to erosion around them
** this one was turned into a temple by the Nabataeans
*** = same people who built the fabulous ancient city of Petra, in which many structures were carved into and out of canyon walls
** see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hegra_(Mada%27in_Salih)


==== Glacial erratic rocks ====
==== Glacial erratic rocks ====