Subj : ES Picture of the Day 29  2022
To   : All
From : Dan Richter
Date : Mon Aug 29 2022 12:00:40

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The Earth Science Picture of the Day (EPOD) highlights the diverse processes
and phenomena which shape our planet and our lives. EPOD will collect and
archive photos, imagery, graphics, and artwork with short explanatory
captions and links exemplifying features within the Earth system. The
community is invited to contribute digital imagery, short captions and
relevant links.


 Idaho’s Gravity-Defying Balanced Rock

   August 29, 2022

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   Photographer:  Ray Boren

   Summary Author:  Ray Boren

   High above a rural road southwest of Twin Falls, Idaho, rises a huge,
   precariously poised  hoodoo  shaped somewhat like the continent
   of Africa. Like many of its kind, it is simply called  Balanced
   Rock, as illustrated in a photograph taken on July 26, 2022. An
   upward-tilted arrow on a roadside sign points toward it, and the sign
   reports that  this natural sculpture, some 48 feet high and 40 feet
   wide (14.6 by 12.2 meters), hovers over a slim base only 3 feet by 17.5
   inches wide (0.9 by 0.5 meters).

   Shaped by  differential weathering over a great span of time, the
   pillar is composed of  rhyolite, a  silica-infused magma laid
   down about 8 million years ago on the southern fringe of the  Snake
   River Plain, when the volcanic hot spot below today’s Yellowstone
   National Park instead sat 300 miles (480 kilometers) away, below this
   part of southern Idaho.

   Just down the road from Balanced Rock is a veritable oasis in this dry
   setting:  Twin Falls County’s Balanced Rock Park, as shown in a
   second photograph taken the same day.  Salmon Falls Creek, en route
   to the  Snake River, flows beneath volcanic escarpments, providing
   visitors a pleasant spot for picnicking, camping, hiking, climbing,
   boating and fishing.


   Balanced Rock, Idaho Coordinates: 42.5482386, -114.9575579


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