Amazingly Balanced Rocks Around the World - 20

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. List giving links to individual rocks can be seen here and a combined big page showing all the rocks can be viewed here.

Balanced Rock, Rocky Mountain National Park

An amazingly balanced mushroom-shaped rock on the north side of Lumpy Ridge in Rocky Mountain National Park. Precariously balanced atop a slender plug of rock that sits on a gigantic boulder, this amazing rock has been sculpted by wind erosion and glacial action of over millions of years. Because of its shape the rock is aptly named "Balanced Rock" and it lies at the end of a trail which is also named after it. The rock can be accessed via Cow Creek Trail or Gem Lake Trail.

It's actual dimensions are not known however as per eptrail.com; "The upper part of this unusual granite formation is the size of a shed standing on its base about three stories high."

Image from Panoramio is by Ed Ogle

Image from Google+ is by Toshen Golias

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Credits: I am always on lookout for such amazingly balanced rocks around the World and came to know about this rock through Google+ post by Toshen Golias. I am thankful for him for allowing me to use the above image from his album.

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