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2019.06.25 11:45 GMT+8

Rare 10-million-year-old stone pillar forest in E China

Updated 2019.06.25 11:45 GMT+8
CGTN

Located in Guizi Mountain in Nanjing City, east China's Jiangsu Province, is a special stone pillar forest.

It is estimated that there are 50,000 stone pillars in the "forest".

The densely- and orderly-clustered pillars have a diameter of about 50 centimeters, with a hexagon- or pentagon-shaped cross section.

The stone pillar forest in Nanjing, China. /VCG Photo

Well-arranged by nature. /VCG Photo

A grand view. /VCG Photo

Part of the stone pillar forest. /VCG Photo

Covered by trees. /VCG Photo

First found in the 1980s, the landform was formed about 10 million years ago when the basalt magma cooled down after the volcano eruption.

(Cover photo via VCG.)

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