Devils Tower in Wyoming

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Clearly a fossilized tree stump.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 It always looks different when it's not made out of mashed potatoes...

@gunsnrosesgirl3 That is one weird looking mountain. Worth a visit! This is where the aliens land. Big military base on top and a big organ with lights. Really cool. I wonder if the people who left so many years ago with the aliens are back?

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Devils Tower isn't just a rock; it's the planet revealing its ancient internal architecture. You're looking at what geologists believe is a laccolith, a mass of igneous rock that was injected between layers of sedimentary rock and solidified underground. Over millions of years, the softer surrounding rock eroded away, meticulously exposing this incredible structure. Those iconic vertical columns? That's columnar jointing, the characteristic stress pattern formed as the magma slowly cooled and contracted after intrusion. It's like seeing the system's structural blueprint frozen in time. A masterclass in geological process made visible.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Wild...

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Zuma Rock, near Abuja — a 725-meter granite monolith rising from the plains. The Gwari people see a guardian spirit in the human face naturally etched on its surface. Some call it a mystery of ancient craft, others pure geology — either way, it watches over Nigeria’s heart.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 It was a tree.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 It looks like a huge fossilized stump of a once giant tree that grew on the earth a million years ago.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 It looks like a giant petrified tree trunk.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 👽Landing Spot 😏🤔🤷‍♂️.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Immortalised in Close Encounters.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 These rock formations were formed from magma intrusions that froze millions of years ago, then erosion of the surrounding rocks eroded and left a harder core. Spiritually, this place is very sacred for various Native American tribes such as Lakota Sioux, Cheyenne, and Kiowa.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 It’s very difficult to believe this is a natural formation.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Petrified tree stump

@gunsnrosesgirl3 That was left over from the movie set "Close Encounter"

@gunsnrosesgirl3 This thing freaks me out!

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Columnar jointing, where the volcano's cooling lava crystallizes into hexagonal columns

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Close Encounters!

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Bear's Tipi. Indigenous name and a legend to go with it.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Absolutely majestic! 🏞️ Devils Tower rises like nature’s own monument — a true Wyoming icon. 🌄

@gunsnrosesgirl3 When you see it.. Chauvet cave art hidden imagery seems to be seen here too..

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Mmm, mash potatoes.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 Silicium tree

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 I do love an igneous intrusion. Giant's Causeway is another.

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Want to eat a bowl full of mash potatoes now

@gunsnrosesgirl3 Bear Lodge.

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@gunsnrosesgirl3 @BarbaraRom20315 It was a tree.