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One of the strangest landscape elements of the Alps are the so-called earth pyramids of South Tyrol. Especially during foggy conditions these pillars appear as if from another world.
Source: https://petapixel.com/2017/09/28/photos-strange-beautiful-earth-pyramids-caused-erosion/
NachoPete
This could be the cover of a prog rock album in the late 70s.
NovaleeMarie
For some reason, reminds me of Avatar the last airbender. The cartoon of course. They never made a movie.
gottakeepgoing
Is that Kun Lun?
Noxcado
This is my rock there are many like it but this one is mine.
trevormyrtlebeach
That's some land before time shit right there.
Kingslomein
Look like penis rocks. Am I right?
sh3nhu
It's from when those fucking elephants crossed the Alps
markowithak
Similar thing too I guess.. http://www.serbia.com/visit-serbia/natural-beauties/unique-nature/djavolja-varos-devils-town/
simulcrasunflo
I did not know these existed and I love them :)
PCW3187
http://www.okmoviequotes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/301-Bruce-Almighty-quotes.gif
Ringalingading
Cray cray
BalkanDude
We have the same thing in Serbiahttps://www.turistickisvet.com/pub/news/img_20160421_123405.jpg
MyNameIsHorace
Is... is... is that R'lyeh?
BriefausdemGeist
Location spotted in next Aliens film.
BoBelsey
Looks like some weird diseased dicks
BEAUTYISINTEHEYEWHENYOUHOLDHER
Wait, this is real? And on earth?
r0b0giraffe
Oooh, how does nature come up with this shtuff??? Add that to the bucket list.
rhinoHitLifter
Rock dicks
bergmanwillcry
I love this! A different universe on earth-
Heytherebigsquare
Looks like a lot of rock dicks
imaginenation46
I think i saw frodo and sam
GlobalStrike
Could of swore I saw a cliff racer.
TheRealBrebby
Oh.......i thought this was the Vulcan planet
RA11628653
We call them 'hoodoos' in the American southwest. These are nice ones.
fraxinusoleaceae
Hoodoo? Youdoo.
realistichorsegonadbehavior
Oh cool, they're called hoodoos in Alberta too. I didn't know the term extended South.
ihaveaprettylargeamountofnothing
Tyrol? do...do english speaking people write it like that?
RockPapersBeer
Yep. Often get's a "The", which I think is kinda neat actually.
ihaveaprettylargeamountofnothing
The Tyrol? thats like i would call New York "The New Jork"
Eagle699
Can someone science me plz?
GrandmaSlappy
A couple comments up you can read about it, the rocks compressed the soil under them
PoetDesmond
Rock make dirt hard, hard dirt ignore rain.
jexsam
Erosion's a hell of a thing.
TheSherriffofRottingham
Those are hoodoos broo
Jhonny0darko
Better science heavy rocks on soft dirt, rain hits rock and gravitates down, dirt goes "seeya", sun makes no rain for a long time
1Lion4Owls
Humidity/rain and probs some wind.
rockjock29
Google the geologic term "hoodoo"
IcommentMostlyWithGifs
shyriath
SCIENCE https://youtu.be/nMWGXt979yg
StartedAtTheBottomNeverLeft
I dont know, probably glaciers.
MelancholicacR
Shroomrockus Horsecockus
SometimesIUseAllOfMyCharactersAtOnceAndDontCareAboutTheConsequ
EEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRREOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSSSSSIIIIIIIIIIIOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CantStopLurking
I read this comment as if from Mr. Torgue.
TheTedyouhaventmet
The large hard rocks (Granite? Basalt?) keep the soft tuff beneath them from being worn away. All the tuff without a rock hat wears away.
Eagle699
Tu
IgneousInk
upvote for "rock hat"
Jhonny0darko
Hard rocks on soft dirt, wind goes blow, rock doesn't move but dirt says "deuces friendo"
IamAMON
But wouldn't it also leave from underneath?
RandomMagus
The weight of the rock probably compacts the dirt enough that it's harder to erode than the loose dirt around it.
CantStopLurking
Yeah, but soft is a VERY relative term in this case.
Jhonny0darko
Eventually
Fawin
Could it be leftover from the mysterious plateau city of Leng from ages past?
AngelofPain
My first thought as well.
DerpyWerm
My first thought was the Sparse Reef from Subnautica personally
Inaree
It wasn't my first thought, but I absolutely see it. +1
severin681
But...but where are the spiders?
CarolMcAlister
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LordGeneralHammerSmash
whats that reference?
CarolMcAlister
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leng_(plateau)
KeeleonOhms
I just fought some "Leng Spiders" in the "Alps" in a Pathfinder campaign. I can only assume your reference is related.
Fawin
Sort of. It's livecraftian. Spiders of leng, Cannibal cult of leng, and I think pygmys of leng.
KeeleonOhms
Do the spiders talk in HPL?
Cyzyk
1/2 Leng is from Lovecraft originally. In the original stories, it's extraplanar, appearing in different places, and populated by cannibals.
Cyzyk
2/2 I've used it occasionally in Trail of Cthulhu and Achtung Cthulhu games, though less often than the Dreamlands or Carcosa.
YourEx
this is actually a really interesting phenomenon known as Compressed erosion, while it is rare to find, it is not hard to replicate. 1/2
Traja01
The weight of the rock compresses the earth beneath it compacting it making it more sturdy and so it eroded slower than surrounding earth?
YourEx
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Gradwin
ChristianisLate
TigerRaiders
This also happens in Turkey in a area called Goreme. Under Goreme is cappadocia
Tamohan
And also in a place called grand staircase national monument in the United States!
TigerRaiders
cappadocia was an area where the early Christians hid from persecution by the romans. They have a hot air balloon festivals every year.
therealjimfoster
1/2 My guess is that there was a sort of avalanche or eruption and these rocks were tossed in the air and when they fell they stump the
therealjimfoster
2/2 ground so hard they compressed the land beneath them, then water came down, a lot, washed the land except the places were the rocks fell
PBCheetah
Actually it's due to the the stones being less soluble in water
therealjimfoster
Ta-da!! you get these cool lost-civilization/ruins-obelisks
isthisavailableplz
That's a good guess man but most of these big rocks are left by glaciers!
scuttleKrab
Could've just been compressed from them sitting there really long right? Do you think they had to fall from really high?
therealjimfoster
Well, see how the stand above these dirt monolithic structures? I bet before there were just rocks sitting on a hillside, but a deluge fell
Piefromhell
or compressed via a large ice sheet.
isthisavailableplz
Yeah that's not true. It says in the article it's because the stones act as shields towards rain, which cause erosion.
lysani
That's pretty much what I figured it was as soon as I saw the first image.
Kage197
Pretty sure he was just making a joke, but I'm glad you commented that. I had no intention of reading the article, the pictures were kewl
isthisavailableplz
Haha yeah you're probs right. I study this kinda stuff and what he said sounded sketchy so I just had to check the article.
Kage197
If it were in my field, I am posotive I would have done the same as you. I did appreciate the learning experience though
MelodiousDissonance
Hoodoos!
venomlash
Who do?
jwan
You do
MelodiousDissonance
Do what?
massn3rd3r
Remind me of a man
Perkunas687
Bryce Canyon!
MelodiousDissonance
Omg! That place is freaking gorgeous XD...seriously though one of my favorite parks besides Glacier.
Perkunas687
I spent almost two weeks there in May maybe eight years ago. Went for an overnight hike out into the desert. I wasn't a desert man, 1/2
Perkunas687
but there's something about the vistas, the formations, and the dust on your boots that feels good. 2/2