Saturday, October 31, 2015

The Slow Creep of Time Reveals a Skull Emerging from the Earth

The Slow Creep of Time Reveals a Skull Emerging from the Earth

Over millennia, wind and water have carved this 100-million-year-old granite into an eerie skull to glare at daring hikers in Joshua Tree National Park. The iconic Skull Rock is the perfect way to welcome the growing gloom of dusk on this All Hallows’ Eve.

Top image: Skull Rock in Joshua Tree National Park. Credit: Thomas J. Sebourn


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