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Penguins Offer Peach

The granite looks like penguins offering a peach, so its name is “Penguins Offer Peach”. It was formed when the granite body was cut along several groups of fractures (joints) and then underwent weathering, runoff erosion and gravitational collapse. The beaks of the penguins are stones, which were worn away by differential weathering.

The granite mass was cut by fractures (joints).

The granite mass underwent weathering and runoff erosion along its fractures (joints) and gravitational collapse.

The remaining granite looks like two penguins offering a peach.

 


   

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