Friday, June 3, 2011

Time to make a post about another place.

Today's place is called Lena Pillars.

Now to you Lena Pillars might look like the scene of Sozin's comet's Battle. But it does exist as cool as it is.
The geological formations known as the Lena Pillars have fascinated travellers since the 17th century. About 140km upriver from Yakutsk, the rock of the cliffs alongside the river has been eroded away into delicate shapes of a reddish brown colour. The extremely steep columns are made of kimbery limestone with the surrounding softer rock being eroded over the millennium. Today the stone rocks look like amazing creatures and towers, pillars and columns, towering over 150 meters high. The Lena Pillars extend along the river for about 80km.
Just so you know Yakutsk is the Capital City of the Sakha republic in Russia. Here is a picture of Yakutsk

so yea again, the Lena Pillars. I think their pretty dam cool.