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  • Pinnacles

    The Pinnacles are interesting stone formations that have a disputed origin.

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    They are deemed uninteresting by many geologists because they are too young.

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    One theory is that the area used to be a forest and collected material around it and fossilized which made the surrounding rock more resistant to erosion. Some of the pinnacles seem to have organic material embedded which makes us think this may be more likely.

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    The area was really cool, especially as the sun was setting giving everything a more golden colour.

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    The area seemed to go on and on.

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    Most looked quite sharp and jagged like these ones.

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    Some where quite a bit wider.

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    We were able to drive around the site as it was quite large. Not too many people around so we go to enjoy it mostly to ourselves.

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  • More Stromatolites

    These stromatolites were growing in a lake by Cervantes. They looked quite a bit different from the ones at Shark Bay.

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    They had much more of a conical shape.

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    Still very old and very salty water so nothing eats the bacteria or disturbs them, other than people that is.

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