An Otherworldly Shape
Credit
Holly Hayes
Status
  All Rights Reserved
Trip
Graduate School in Oxford
Date Created
May 24, 2009
Date Added
November 11, 2009
Last Updated
May 1, 2024
File Size
11.08 MB
Resolution
5544 x 3695 pixels
Coordinates
44.5904210° N, 104.7147270° W

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An Otherworldly Shape

View of the Devils Tower National Monument, northeast Wyoming, USA. Formed by magma that hardened beneath the earth's surface 50 million years ago, then appeared above the landscape 1-2 million years ago as the softer rock around it eroded away, this otherworldly formation is sacred to local Native American tribes. According to legend, the Great Spirit made the rock rise out of the earth to help people escape a giant bear, who angrily clawed at the sides as it grew.

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