175th Show & Tell Competition: Interesting and Dramatic Formations

[bartoszkotulski]

[fishit]

[akeigher]

Bryce Canyon in Utah


Rosh HaNikrah in Israel


Cathedral Rock in Sedona, AZ

[tddunn]

Guadalupe Mountains at sunset - West Texas, USA:


http://www.pbase.com/tddunn/guadalupe_mountains

Drift falls - aka "Bust your Butt Falls" - Lake Toxaway area, NC:


http://www.pbase.com/tddunn/appalachia

Three Rivers Petroglyph site - north of Alamogordo, NM:


http://www.pbase.com/tddunn/three_river ... glyph_site

[gillk]

These are shots of my favourite place, the Royal Natal National Park, in the Drakensburg Mountains in South Africa. Unfortunately these photos are not of the best quality, being scanned from photos taken with my old Pentax, but I hope you can get an idea of what a magical place this is.
View of the amphitheatre from the cabins at Tendele camp:


Hiking the trail to "Policeman's Helmet":


View from "Policeman's Helmet":


Gil

[nickviv]

[seeingspotsphoto]

Glacial Potholes – Massachusetts



Garden of the Gods – Colorado

[christophertravels]

Half Dome at Yosemite. Granite formed inside the Earth, uplifted and then sculpted by glaciers

Barchan dunes at Soususvlei, an ancient desert persisting for millions of years.

Uluru in the Northern Territory. Sandstone with lots of feldspar. Hundreds of millions of years old.

[andres_sm]

[pavona]

Most of the Seychelles is made up of granite formations like this




This comes from Pammukale, Turkey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamukkale

[wildhareuk]

Aphrodites' Rock, Cyprus


Chaves Beach, Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands

[grompem]

cathedral cove, new zealand


pancake rocks, new zealand


queensland, australia

[annelance]

Mt Rainier, Washington USA

[annelance]

Looking down on mule string at the Grand Canyon, Arizona USA

[annelance]

Snoqualmie Falls in January. Washington USA