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=== Rocks === | === Rocks === | ||
==== Famous U.S. rocks ==== | |||
==== 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) | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
=== 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 ==== |