Sentences with phrase «leaving rock stacks»
The apostles were formed by erosion, gradually eroded by the weather conditions the soft limestone formed caves in the cliffs, that then became arches, which collapsed, leaving rock stacks up to 45 meters high.
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Waste simply seeps out, filling tiny spaces left between the grains in the rock like the gaps between stacked marbles.
Wild, southern ocean weather has carved these huge rock sculptures from the soft, sheer limestone cliffs leaving a series of stacks some 45 metres high.
Windblown as you stand in awe of the 12 Apostles, you're reminded of nature's slow inevitable march, emphasised by the collapse of rock stacks in 2005 and 2009, leaving just 7 remaining.
The imposing stacked rocks and concrete slabs of Jose Dávila's Untitled, 2016, make up an arrangement that almost looks as if it were left there by accident, if not for the architectural balance and purposeful placement of its components.