Desert sights in Western Australia
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Pinnacles
The Pinnacles are typical of the kind of eerie landmark this ancient terrain throws up - anomalous pillars of sandstone spread over the desert like soldiers petrified by an angry god. The geological explanation for these striking formations is, if anything, more wondrous than any supernatural provenance.
The Pinnacles are the high point (pun reluctantly acknowledged) of the Nambung National Park. While the Indian Ocean is close at hand, it's hard to credit the fact that these towering stacks, some as high as 3m, are actually formed by crushed sea shells. Compacted by rain over countless millennia, the sand, harder in some areas than others, eroded to form the pillars that…
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