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nuclearstroodle t1_j4rxa3x wrote
That was my thought too. We do pointless shit all the time, but this seems extra pointless.
HammerLuigi t1_j4t9nld wrote
Never underestimate how pointless the shit some people do is. Not saying this is manmade (it obviously isn't), but I've known some people who would have done something like this
mcjohnson415 t1_j58os1k wrote
Gaudi in Barcelona.
entendir t1_j4ukotn wrote
Cmon they aren't that pointy but give them some credit
WangYat2007 t1_j4v8rse wrote
baa dum tss
Seiliko t1_j4seezv wrote
Maybe people who don't know a lot about how erosion works. At least my first reaction was "how else did those big rocks get there?" and then I read somde comments and it all made more sense. I had just never considered that rocks would have this effect on the ground.
HammerLuigi t1_j4t9d3l wrote
You'd be surprised. I bet 3 out of 10 people would guess manmade. The average person isn't as perceptive as you might think
rbloedow t1_j4uoble wrote
People who never paid attention to their basic science courses in school.
mcjohnson415 t1_j58p95w wrote
You don’t need a science course, just pay attention. Much of ‘scientific discovery’ is just observations recorded. People have been observing for a long time, writing it down is what is relatively new.
Canstralian t1_j4r4j0f wrote
It's a load pyramid under each boulder. The sediment under compression was more resistant to erosion than the surround loose sediment. Great photo for teaching civil engineering students
cvelde t1_j4t64tg wrote
I thought that too at first glance, but there is no way the smaller ones produce any significant compression. (especially that tiny one on the huge pyramid on the right) They just protect the loam underneath them from rain and thus softening.
Canstralian t1_j56f895 wrote
Or it is possible that it had a larger rock on it which has fallen off and if you were able to speed up time you would see this pyramid erode faster then the surrounding.
cvelde t1_j5787at wrote
Suppose that is the case, why then has the pyramid already eroded to more or less exactly slightly under the size of the small rock like all of the rest of them? The Picture must have then been taken at the exact right moment in time to look like this, seems very unlikely to me.
Deesnuts77 t1_j4r9ha5 wrote
To my untrained eye I feel like this was created by rain erosion and the rocks worked essentially as umbrellas for the ground beneath each one.
dwd0tcom OP t1_j4raapn wrote
Exactly!
Deesnuts77 t1_j4rb2y8 wrote
So cool
Mr-Korv t1_j4vx1m4 wrote
Another way to say "it doesn't look human-made"
TheDeadlySquid t1_j4rluog wrote
They’re called Hoodoos.
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Yerawizurd_ t1_j4sgnfu wrote
Serious question, who thought this looks human made?
separgetan t1_j4v4hfx wrote
My thought exactly... no one.
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MarkNutt25 t1_j4rfzqk wrote
Kind of reminds me of Bryce Canyon, here in the US.
BigRoach t1_j4tl1zf wrote
Reminds me of Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument in New Mexico.
CactusCurmudgeon t1_j4uqsj3 wrote
The Wahweap Hoodoos in Grand-Staircase Escalante National Monument are also very similar
shewasadanger t1_j4vjkg1 wrote
Yeah they are called Hoodoos right? I’m spelling this wrong I know!
FrillySteel t1_j4tm8oh wrote
Or the Pinnacles at Crater Lake in Southern Oregon. Though they were formed a little differently.
dwd0tcom OP t1_j4quqlx wrote
More about this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_pyramids_of_Ritten
dimmu1313 t1_j4skdjc wrote
it doesn't look human made, it looks like erosion.
doe-poe t1_j4t5wd1 wrote
You can tell in the comments who didn't go outside as a kid.
Strong-Internal-726 t1_j4s8esg wrote
Just on the outskirts of Grand junction Colorado you can see the same thing.
zcrc t1_j4tynd1 wrote
Paint mines east of the springs too
ZangetsuAK17 t1_j4sbvyq wrote
Bunch of hoodies.
rhylos360 t1_j4w297k wrote
This is how Stonehenge was done. Mystery solved.
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xglowinthedarkx t1_j4ruudr wrote
That's legit
Thorazine88 t1_j4sgvd4 wrote
This reminds me of the “Pillars of Creation” photo that the Hubble Space Telescope took.
TheRealLifeJesus t1_j4stz0m wrote
How long does it take for this to happen? Or how old are these structures in particular? The landscape around it looks pretty unstable so I can’t imagine it’s outrageously old
doe-poe t1_j4t66mu wrote
Not long, you can go outside after a good rain and see it on a small scale. Find small rocks sitting on inch tall columns
acker1je t1_j4t6twn wrote
Looks like a bunch of rocks blasting off to space
GrapeJuice2227 t1_j4t8ht1 wrote
I’ve seen this happen before! Just at a much smaller scale. Whenever it rains hard, these dirt towers usually appear beneath pebbles. I never knew that it happened to boulders though! Thought the ones in the photo were really small at first, lol
BoogerDaBoiiBark t1_j4t8ikz wrote
Don’t let Graham Hancock see this
HammerLuigi t1_j4t98lq wrote
Such a cool place, looks impossible except it's photographed
Cometstarlight t1_j4tcp1x wrote
Oh whoa, I've never seen something like this before. That's so cool!
scrogbad t1_j4tnui7 wrote
Woah looks like massive rock fungus
NBPaintballer t1_j4tp3u0 wrote
Hooodooooohoooodoooohooodoo
p000paaa t1_j4tszin wrote
earthy
slaroye t1_j4tv48f wrote
You mean Hoodoos
lRhanonl t1_j4u6f7j wrote
How does this look human made... Not at all....
macellan t1_j4u8jaj wrote
They look so fragile. Is this under protection?
There are similar formations in and around Cappadocia, Turkey and we call them "Fairy Chimneys". (peri bacaları)
Jakokreativ t1_j4unyww wrote
They are protected but the stones will fall of sometime and well than they disappear pretty quickly
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Clobhairchaun t1_j4uau3j wrote
That most definitely does NOT look man made
Wessel-P t1_j4ugt4h wrote
Close to Algund / Lagundo?
OlivierStreet t1_j4uh484 wrote
Is this where they got inspiration for the “Spiders” in Monster Hunter?
Pator_is_coming t1_j4uhfvq wrote
Aren't these in Trentino (Segonzano)?
codenamerocky t1_j4ulfkv wrote
In absolutely no way do these look human made.
Thessalon t1_j4ummqs wrote
Hoodoos
Ki0ji t1_j4uqq85 wrote
Lol I live like 20 minutes from those, fun fact, those aren’t fake
Ruscoe24 t1_j4uxq4d wrote
It’s actually in Trentino not South Tyrol
jam_manty t1_j4uz7xa wrote
Hoo doo? You do!
nanosam t1_j4v4fey wrote
That does not look human made at all to me
stillyou1122 t1_j4vha49 wrote
Nice shot! I thought this was a painting at first
Fearless_Guitar_3589 t1_j4vygc4 wrote
doesn't look man made to me, I did erosion control after some fires in CA, you see mini ones of those all over (only 2-3" tall, but the same. a little pillar with a stone on top. the action of water hitting bare soil loosens the dirt and allows it to be carried away, the stones on top stop the drops from hitting and loosening the soil underneath.
neekseni t1_j4xqc9b wrote
We have the same phenomenon in Serbia, it’s called Devil’s Town
Rinimur t1_j4y8sws wrote
Looks like mushrooms 😍😱
mcjohnson415 t1_j58oc2n wrote
We climbed a glacier up Mt Shasta in northern California in 1975 that had large rocks set on spires of ice, like this. The clouds became a thick fog with 20 foot visibility. We could hear spires snap and rocks roll just beyond our sight. It was frightening, yet magical at the same time.
LSeww t1_j4sj9xs wrote
erosion is a social construct
j3kwaj t1_j4tfrw1 wrote
TBF, I saw a guy put those rocks there a couple million years ago.
bluntasticboy t1_j4zb5ic wrote
I wanna swing a sword through the middle of one just one to see it chop and drop but I’d never actually they are beautiful
Vidableek t1_j4rom7a wrote
Glad you specified SOUTH Tyrol, otherwise it would have been confusing.
Bowman_van_Oort t1_j4slz43 wrote
they're beautiful but something inside my monkey brain just wants to destroy them
ShexyBaish6351 t1_j4rasek wrote
Decent pic... but I'm wondering who would really think these look man made?