Devilish Stones in Australia
Devilish stones, or Karl,
Karl, as the locals call them - a cluster of large granite boulders. It is
located in a small valley, about a hundred kilometers south of Tennant Creek
(Australia). Very often, this place is mentioned as one of the most prominent symbols
of uninhabited Australian desert. These areas in the country is really very
much, because they are virtually useless for a normal life. If you plan to
visit this attraction, make interpretation.
Granite rocks shaped by erosion,
and there is about a million years ago, at least, these figures lead
scientists. Evil of the stones have a diameter of
50 cm to 6 meters. Some
boulders bizarre way are balanced on each other, still others are randomly
distributed throughout the valley. It may even seem that someone special stones
scattered throughout the valley or whether they are the result of floods, when
the powerful stream brought them with him. Nevertheless, it happened naturally,
boulders appeared due to erosion of the rock
Formation Devil stones began
when lava seeped through cracks in the ground and covered a top layer of soil.
Later there were tectonic processes, granite began to split into blocks of
different sizes. As for the round, it appeared thanks to the efforts of wind and
water, which for thousands of years to grind down the rock.
In this region there is
significant temperature difference and the difference between day and night
temperatures sometimes amounts to several tens of degrees. It has on the stones
are very heavy pressure, many boulders under its influence has split into two
halves.
Karl-Charles is also a sacred
place for the local Aboriginal people, there is even an official law on his
defense. If we turn to mythology, the Devil stones - a rainbow snake eggs,
which the locals due a large number of traditions.
There is another legend.
According to giving, once passed through this area the Devil himself, who
scattered red boulders over a vast territory.
Aborigines still believe in it
and believe that the Devil lives not far from the valley, and even manages its
stones.
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