Pinnacles are 100,000 years old, study suggests

October 18, 2024 8:39 PM

They may look like ant hills, but Western Australia's Pinnacles are 100,000 years old, study suggests. Western science has long debated when the towering pillars of the Pinnacles came to be. A new study suggests most of the spires formed when a particularly wet period dissolved the surrounding rock.
posted by chariot pulled by cassowaries (2 comments total)

or perhaps Obelix once visited...
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:02 PM on October 18 [1 favorite]

One problem with wanting to visit Australia is that, short of moving there, there’s just too many amazing places I’d like to visit.
posted by lepus at 10:15 PM on October 18