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9 of the Most Impressive Balanced Stones in the World
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Earth may be one of the most geologically active planets in the solar system, but don’t tell that to the 9 brazenly oblivious balanced stones.
Poid between inertial stability and the relentless force of gravity, the rock-steady rocks maintain a precarious balance between soil and sky.
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Balanced Rock, Colorado, USA
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The huge balanced rock known as, er, Balanced Rock can be found in the Garden of the G
ods, a Registered National Natural Landmark located near Pike’s Peak in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The rock looms over a paved access road that provides an excellent view – hopefully, not the last view an unlucky driver ever es.
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The photo above highlights the layers of sandstone that make up Balanced Rock while accentuating the narrow ba that has weathered away over the eons, partially freeing the boulder of harder red sandstone from its imprisoning matrix of softer stone.
Balancing Rock, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Balancing Rock in Digby, Nova Scotia, is a 30-odd foot high spire of columnar basalt that has gradually eroded out from the cliff face over countless years. The town of Digby has l
ately built an infrastructure of railings and walkways so that access to this striking phenomenon of nature is now much safer – both for tourists and for the rock itlf.
According to Wally Hayes, a first-time visitor to Balancing Rock, “I was even more awestruck when I approached for a clor view and could look under the rock through a narrow horizontal crack and e the ocean beyond. The rock column didn’t appear to have much attachment to ba rock on which it stood. Not only that, part of the ba protruded out from the supporting rock. It looked like a pencil standing upright, half on and half off the edge of a table top. But this was not pencil, rather many tons of solid rock.”
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精彩的电影Idol Rock, Brimham Moor, North Yorkshire, UK
assigneeA number of oddly shaped and curiously balanced rocks dot a 50-acre expan of Brimham Moor in North Yorkshire, England. One of the most outstanding – from a balanced rock point of view – is the so-called Idol Rock. Estimated to weight around 200 tons, Idol Rock balances its enormous weight atop a comparatively tiny, pyramidal stone upon which frighteningly high pressures are being expended.
Idol Rock and its companion Brimham Rocks, which include The Sphinx, The Watchdog, The Camel, The Turtle, and The Dancing Bear, can be viewed at the Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The UK’s National Trust overes the area and admittance is free.
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El Torcal de Antequera, Andalucia, Spain
El Torcal Nature Rerve, situated in the mountains south of Antequera, Spain, features a plethora of karst limestone rock formations that typically feature tall, tapering spires of rock combined with horizontal weathering patterns. The result of this combination is often expresd in huge “flapjack stacks” that are actually more stable than they appear.
