The Pinnacles, located within Nambung National Park in Western Australia is a bizarre sight: a world of thousands of limestone spires all rising from smooth desert dunes. The thousands of limestone monoliths scattered around the sandy plain south of the coastal township of Cervantes were mistaken by early Dutch sailors for the remains of an ancient city. Varying in size from truck-sized 6m giants to finger-thick pieces of piping, they are the fossilized roots of long-dead threes and shrubs. Limestone formed around the roots of plants growing on stable dunes about 30,000 years ago. The plants died and the dunes moved on leaving the calcified structures exposed.
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Title: Land Of Rustic Images - Western Australia's Pilbara Region |
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