The top five weirdest natural formations in the U.S.
Aug 24, 2017 7:38:36 GMT -5
captbob, kk, and 5 more like this
Post by 1dave on Aug 24, 2017 7:38:36 GMT -5
I would REALLY like to know if the "Chimes" are jade rocks!
Note: placing images in quotes makes them small.
The top five weirdest natural formations in the U.S.
Note: placing images in quotes makes them small.
The top five weirdest natural formations in the U.S.
By Nina Golgowski
Updated: 19:59 EDT, 9 December 2011
What do the top five weirdest natural formations in the United States look like? How about sound like?
A hint: they're all rocks, or at least, they all look like them.
The top five weirdest natural formations according to Yahoo News' Wanderlust blog features some of the lesser knowns spanning four states in the country.
Road map: The top five weirdest natural formations, as mapped across the United States
Road map: The top five weirdest natural formations, as mapped across the United States
Coming in at number five is Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park.
Located in southwest Utah, it's famous by its deep rain and frost-carved canyons, fins, and 'freestanding pinnacles called 'hoodoos,' according to Yahoo.
These 'hoodoos,' limestone rocks that tower in areas between five to 150-feet, were believed to have been people turned to stone, according to Native Americans, because of bad behavior.
Tippity-top: View from Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park captures winter above the rocky peaks spanning from five to 150-feet
Tippity-top: View from Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park captures winter above the rocky peaks spanning from five to 150-feet
Former people: These towers of limestone called 'hoodoos' were believed to have been people turned to stone according to Native Americans lore
Former people: These towers of limestone called 'hoodoos' were believed to have been people turned to stone according to Native Americans lore
Number four on the list, Ringing Rocks Park in Bucks County Pennsylvania, is a a mystery to scientists on why the field of rocks, ring when they're hit.
Chiming in bell-like tones, at least a third of the rocks found here are 'live' producing a vibrating pitch when hit with a hammer or smacked together.
But with not all rocks sounding the same, visitors have a habit of composing an assortment of tunes through creative combinations.
Chimes: At least a third of the rocks found at Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania are 'live,' producing a vibrating pitch when hit with a hammer or smacked together
Chimes: At least a third of the rocks found at Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania are 'live,' producing a vibrating pitch when hit with a hammer or smacked together
According to Yahoo, theories behind the rock's sound, range 'from strange electromagnetic activity to aliens.'
At number three, Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park is littered with plant and animal fossils dating back to more than 200 million years ago.
For the park's most famous - its namesake - trees that have been 'petrified' into a rock-like forms rest large and small in colorful collections across the desert floor.
Petrified: Ancient rocks that have become rock-like fossils rest large and small in the Petrified Forest in Arizona in colorful collections across the desert floor
Petrified: Ancient rocks that have become rock-like fossils rest large and small in the Petrified Forest in Arizona in colorful collections across the desert floor
At their largest size, some of the logs found are over 190 feet.
Dinosaur fossils, while rare, have also been found among the other plant and various other animal fossils.
The National Park explains that while they are rare, it's actually only due to most of the fossils' preservation and not because of their scarcity.
Huge: Some of the petrified tree trunks reach over 190 feet in size
Huge: Some of the petrified tree trunks reach over 190 feet in size
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur fossils, while rare, have also been found among the other plant and various other animal fossils of the Petrified forest
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur fossils, while rare, have also been found among the other plant and various other animal fossils of the Petrified forest
At number two, Chimney Rock in Nebraska features a natural structure taller than New York's Statue of Liberty that early pioneers used as a compass on their route out west on the Oregon Trail.
The top of the towering 315 feet formation is accessible to visitors by either climbing, an 'interesting network of stairs and boardwalks,' according to the park.
It's also hollowed out in the middle for 26-story elevator shaft.
Towering guide: Taller than the Statue of Liberty, Nebraska's Chimney Rock is a famous landmark used as a point of reference for pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Towering guide: Taller than the Statue of Liberty, Nebraska's Chimney Rock is a famous landmark used as a point of reference for pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Climbing: The 315-feet formation is assessable to visitors by either climbing or by an elevator straight up through its middle
i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/09/article-2071934-0F1C168500000578-204_638x439.jpg
Climbing: The 315-feet formation is assessable to visitors by either climbing or by an elevator straight up through its middle
Coming in at number one, Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest as well as photographed.
Known by the Navajo Indians as 'The Place Where Water Runs Through Rocks,' the scenic park of red stone was carved out by flash floods which still occur today and give reason for a required tour guide today.
Something to talk about: Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest
Something to talk about: Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest
Warning: Flash floods which carved the stone is still a danger to tourists today
Warning: Flash floods which carved the stone is still a danger to tourists today
If the wavy red and chalky-white scenery looks familiar, movie goers may recognize similar rock formations seen in the film, 127 Hours, staring James Franco.
That film however was reportedly formed near Moab Utah, just northeast of number five's Bryce Canyon though in the same region of the states.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071934/The-weirdest-natural-formations-U-S-just-magnificent-sights--mysterious-sounds.html#ixzz4qfuGe116
Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Updated: 19:59 EDT, 9 December 2011
What do the top five weirdest natural formations in the United States look like? How about sound like?
A hint: they're all rocks, or at least, they all look like them.
The top five weirdest natural formations according to Yahoo News' Wanderlust blog features some of the lesser knowns spanning four states in the country.
Road map: The top five weirdest natural formations, as mapped across the United States
Road map: The top five weirdest natural formations, as mapped across the United States
Coming in at number five is Utah's Bryce Canyon National Park.
Located in southwest Utah, it's famous by its deep rain and frost-carved canyons, fins, and 'freestanding pinnacles called 'hoodoos,' according to Yahoo.
These 'hoodoos,' limestone rocks that tower in areas between five to 150-feet, were believed to have been people turned to stone, according to Native Americans, because of bad behavior.
Tippity-top: View from Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park captures winter above the rocky peaks spanning from five to 150-feet
Tippity-top: View from Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park captures winter above the rocky peaks spanning from five to 150-feet
Former people: These towers of limestone called 'hoodoos' were believed to have been people turned to stone according to Native Americans lore
Former people: These towers of limestone called 'hoodoos' were believed to have been people turned to stone according to Native Americans lore
Number four on the list, Ringing Rocks Park in Bucks County Pennsylvania, is a a mystery to scientists on why the field of rocks, ring when they're hit.
Chiming in bell-like tones, at least a third of the rocks found here are 'live' producing a vibrating pitch when hit with a hammer or smacked together.
But with not all rocks sounding the same, visitors have a habit of composing an assortment of tunes through creative combinations.
Chimes: At least a third of the rocks found at Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania are 'live,' producing a vibrating pitch when hit with a hammer or smacked together
Chimes: At least a third of the rocks found at Ringing Rocks Park in Pennsylvania are 'live,' producing a vibrating pitch when hit with a hammer or smacked together
QUESTION - jade?
According to Yahoo, theories behind the rock's sound, range 'from strange electromagnetic activity to aliens.'
At number three, Arizona's Petrified Forest National Park is littered with plant and animal fossils dating back to more than 200 million years ago.
For the park's most famous - its namesake - trees that have been 'petrified' into a rock-like forms rest large and small in colorful collections across the desert floor.
Petrified: Ancient rocks that have become rock-like fossils rest large and small in the Petrified Forest in Arizona in colorful collections across the desert floor
Petrified: Ancient rocks that have become rock-like fossils rest large and small in the Petrified Forest in Arizona in colorful collections across the desert floor
At their largest size, some of the logs found are over 190 feet.
Dinosaur fossils, while rare, have also been found among the other plant and various other animal fossils.
The National Park explains that while they are rare, it's actually only due to most of the fossils' preservation and not because of their scarcity.
Huge: Some of the petrified tree trunks reach over 190 feet in size
Huge: Some of the petrified tree trunks reach over 190 feet in size
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur fossils, while rare, have also been found among the other plant and various other animal fossils of the Petrified forest
Jurassic Park: Dinosaur fossils, while rare, have also been found among the other plant and various other animal fossils of the Petrified forest
At number two, Chimney Rock in Nebraska features a natural structure taller than New York's Statue of Liberty that early pioneers used as a compass on their route out west on the Oregon Trail.
The top of the towering 315 feet formation is accessible to visitors by either climbing, an 'interesting network of stairs and boardwalks,' according to the park.
It's also hollowed out in the middle for 26-story elevator shaft.
Towering guide: Taller than the Statue of Liberty, Nebraska's Chimney Rock is a famous landmark used as a point of reference for pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Towering guide: Taller than the Statue of Liberty, Nebraska's Chimney Rock is a famous landmark used as a point of reference for pioneers on the Oregon Trail
Climbing: The 315-feet formation is assessable to visitors by either climbing or by an elevator straight up through its middle
i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/09/article-2071934-0F1C168500000578-204_638x439.jpg
Climbing: The 315-feet formation is assessable to visitors by either climbing or by an elevator straight up through its middleComing in at number one, Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest as well as photographed.
Known by the Navajo Indians as 'The Place Where Water Runs Through Rocks,' the scenic park of red stone was carved out by flash floods which still occur today and give reason for a required tour guide today.
Something to talk about: Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest
Something to talk about: Antelope Canyon near Page, Arizona is the most visited slot canyon in the Southwest
Warning: Flash floods which carved the stone is still a danger to tourists today
Warning: Flash floods which carved the stone is still a danger to tourists today
If the wavy red and chalky-white scenery looks familiar, movie goers may recognize similar rock formations seen in the film, 127 Hours, staring James Franco.
That film however was reportedly formed near Moab Utah, just northeast of number five's Bryce Canyon though in the same region of the states.
Read more: www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2071934/The-weirdest-natural-formations-U-S-just-magnificent-sights--mysterious-sounds.html#ixzz4qfuGe116
Follow us: @mailonline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
