Sunday, July 8, 2012

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock located in Stone Mountain, Georgia.  Stone Mountain is known not only for it's geology but also for it's enormous bas-relief on it's north face. The largest in the world!  The carving depicts three figures of the Confederate States of America.  Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.

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