Amazingly Balanced Rocks Around the World - 3.

The balanced rocks are a geological formation created due to wind/water erosion or glacial melting. These precariously balanced rocks are wonder of the nature and to a viewer it looks that these would topple by a gentle human push or a wind force. However most of these rocks have remained steadfast for past several thousand years though some were vandalised and pushed over. To some scientists these rocks are a sign of seismic stableness of the location.

This post is part of the series about these awesome and breathtaking rocks around the world. Full series can be viewed here.

Devil's Tables, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany

The southern portion of the state of Rheinland Pfalz in South Western Germany has lot of rocky mountainous areas having rock towers/spires something akin to rocky areas of Arizona. Unlike dry desert landscape in Arizona, this area in Germany is lush green with vegetation. Most of the sandstones towers/spires in this area are connected to some hill or mountain in their back by a long ridge, however few pillars in Kaltenbach-Hinterweidenthal region are topped by flat balanced stones which seem to defy gravity. Local people call these as Devil's Table (Teufelstisch). The tables are identified by the name of the town in the vicinity. Given below are three such balanced tables.

Devil's Table, Kaltenbach-Hinterweidenthal

Image from Panoramio is by Luger 1405

Devil's Table, Salzwoog

Image from Panoramio is by patrique3000

Devils' Table, Dahn

Image from Panoramio is by Validierer

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