Most Beautiful And Spectacular Rocks In The World!

Nature is full of amazing, surprising, original landscapes that even seem to belong to a supernatural universe. Focus on rocks, sometimes monumental or sometimes smaller, but all sharing to have a form, an aspect or a history at least singular, bizarre. Smiles but also marvelous guaranteed for this tour of the world of unusual rocks!

Nanya rock//Taiwan//

This Taiwanese coast is famous for its edenic framework and for its phantasmagoric rock formations eroded by the successive play of inclement weather and waves. A real garden of sculptures awaits you. The oxidation of the iron ore contained in the stone is at the origin of these magnificent mottling.

12 Apostles,//Australia//

Here is one of the most photographed sites in Australia: on the Great ocean road, the 12 apostles. 12 surprising and majestic limestone towers, which erosion slowly and minutely removed from the original cliff a few meters away. Of the 12 initially existing apostles there are only 8 left, the others having succumbed to the tireless assaults of the waves.

Mount Rushmore, Dakota//USA//

This monumental sculpted cliff is extraordinary enough to have the right to be in this top 16. This memorial was made between 1927 and 1941 by two sculptors (father and son) who engraved the 18 m high effigies of the American presidents: G. Washington, T. Jefferson, T. Roosevelt and A. Lincoln. This cliff is located in the Black Hills or Black Hills, Lakotas Sioux Sanctuary .

Valley of the Amour, chimneys of the Fairies, //Turkey//

In the heart of Central Anatolia, in Cappadocia, volcanic activity has shaped the territories, and over the millennia, water and wind have given rise to forms that are at least astonishing, even suggestive for some. Called fairy chimneys, these natural columns are made of friable rocks, except the top which is provided with a rock more resistant to erosion. The whole region abounds with natural singularities, to discover absolutely!

Fly Geyser, Nevada//usa//

Located in the heart of the Black Rock Desert, this geyser was accidentally created in 1964 during drilling operations in this area. The accumulation of the minerals contained in these hot waters has shaped these 3 cones of red, orange and yellow color and amazing basins declining a chromatic variety of green. A mound with incredible photogeny!

Giant's Causeway//Northern Ireland//

Composed of more than 40,000 hexagonal columns in basalt, which can reach for some of them 12 m in height, this formation at least singular is the result of a brutal cooling of streams of eruptive rocks. The erosion having completed this work of nature by modeling furrows with rigorous and clear geometric shapes. A legend tells that a battle between 2 giants is at the origin of this colossal pavement. Visit the premises early in the morning or in the sun shining, the brightness will then be perfect to enjoy this legendary setting, invaded by hordes of tourists during the day.

Stone tree// Bolivia//

In the desert landscape of the Altiplano, at an altitude of 4,000 meters, is this magnificent wind-shaped stone tree that does not disappear in a painting by one of the masters of the surrealist movement, the Spanish painter Salvador Dali. Unfortunately this natural masterpiece is doomed to disappear, but you still have a few decades left to admire it.

Boulders Moeraki // New Zealand//

Scattered on the sand of a beach, hundreds of smooth and rounded stones that resemble balloons for giants, fossilized dinosaur eggs or a gigantic game of petanque between Gargantua and his friends. The most modest rocks measure 50 cm and themost monumental reach 2-3 m and have a mass of several tons. Once partially covered by the waves, the spectacle of these rocks is simply magical.

Desert of the Pinnacles // Australia //

In Nambung National Park, on the west coast of Australia, on vast stretches of golden sand, proudly and arrogantly stand thousands of rocky concretions of varying shapes and sizes, consisting of animal shells sailors. A supernatural site with enchanting beauty, one imagines straight out of a set of science fiction film!

Delicate Arch // United States //

School breeches "or" cowboy legs "are the nicknames given to this arch, also called in a more lyrical way" Delicate arch "of 20 m high located in the park The Arches. His majesty is worth to be the most photographed arch of the park which counts all the same more than 2 000, and to be one of the emblems of the state of Utah.

Sail Rock // Russia //

Located on the shore of the Black Sea, this sandstone monolith has the particularity of being very flat, very narrow (1 m) and its striking resemblance to a sail of boat is at the origin of its name. No satisfactory explanation exists at present about the origin of the "window" located in the lower part of this miniature cliff. The places are conducive to the walk and the baths in a water as refreshing as limpid.

Window of Azur // Malta //

The Azure window should be written. It is difficult not to mention this famous rock which yielded under the repeated attacks of a violent storm last March. The arch literally collapsed into a thunderous clatter and sprays of water and foam, before being literally engulfed by the waters. The disappearance of this emblematic rock, which served as a shooting location for the "Game of Thrones" series, was described by the Maltese Prime Minister as "shocking"!.

Seven Giants of the Urals // russia //

In the distant and savage regions of the Urals, 7 rocky columns rise to the sky and culminate between 30 and 42 m. The 7 Giants belong to the "7 Wonders of Russia". To win this extreme place and to admire these behemoths, many tens of millions of years old, you will have to progress several days in landscapes of taïra and tundra as beautiful as inhospitable.

In 2013, a seasoned climber took up the challenge of going to defy these stone colossi which part of the year are covered with ice and snow.

source : https://wanderwisdom.com/travel-destinations/Incredible-Rock-Formations