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Shilin Stone Forest, China, Weird Rocks Pointing to the Sky

Shilin Stone Forest, China, Weird Rocks Pointing to the Sky

The Stone Forest of Shilin is located in the Lunan Yu Autonomous County, southeast of Kunming Qujing Prefecture in Yunnan Province, China. This amazing “forest” is said to exist for over 270 million years, from the Paleozoic era. It is a karst landform with unique limestones (sedimentary rocks composed largely from minerals), which were...
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The 58 National Parks in the USA: Canyonlands and Capitol Reef

The 58 National Parks in the USA: Canyonlands and Capitol Reef

9. Canyonlands National Park is located near the city of Moab in the eastern Utah and it covers over 1,366 km2. Because of the Colorado River and Green River that are crossing the park, Canyonlands is divided into three major districts: the Island in the Sky, the Maze and the Needles. Although the areas share...
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