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February 28, 2015
Rock On
and many miles from the nearest traffic light or roadside diner lies a single boulder in the Mojave Desert claimed to be the largest rock in the world—at least until 2000, when a large chunk broke off, neatly and without provocation. Now split in two, it is still called Giant Rock. Graffiti blackens the lower surface and ATVs roar nearby. There is an occasional tourist. CABINET // Mass Effect
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You want big rocks, that is not close. Half Dome and ElCapitan in Yosemtie are orders of magnitude larger. Stone Mountain in Georgia, Ayres Rock in Austailia, and Gibralter are other examples of enormous rocks.
Posted by: Fat Man at February 28, 2015 10:12 AM
Some people will travel to see just about anything. Why a bunch went to DC to see a half breed lie when he took an oath.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at February 28, 2015 10:58 AM
Drive down the Baja penninsula sometime, and at one point you will start seeing large boulders by the road, which then become enormous, and finally so gigantic that the road must wind around them. These puppies make Giant Rock look like a pebble. Oh, and then if you keep going they gradually get smaller and smaller and finally go away altogether (as much as boulders ever go away in the Baja).
Then there are the Boojum Trees, which also put on a very localized performance that is if anything even weirder.
Posted by: DaveR at February 28, 2015 12:19 PM