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Uluru/Ayers Rock, Northern Territory, Australia

ghost gum (Eucalyptus papuana)

Granite tors (rock outcrops) at Serpentine Hot Springs, south-central Bering Land Bridge National Preserve, western Alaska, U.S.

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weathering inselberg continental landform plateau rock glacier natural bridge felsenmeer perched rock volcano mountain glacial landform valley tectonic basins and rift valleys