Pointed Rock Formations
« Back to Public Land - The BLM-The Big Open, August 2001 National Geographic Magazine
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New Mexico's Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument, where erosion chisels rock formations formed by explosive volcanic eruptions between six and seven million years ago. While the formations are uniform in shape, they vary in height from a few feet to 90 feet throughout the 4,000 acre monument.
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