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Huge rocks at Mons Hansteen
wildespace
post Jul 4 2013, 08:27 AM
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Greetings. What is your opinion on the origin of big rocks that are visible at this location at Mons Hansteen (also known as the "Arrowhead"). One of the rocks casts a particularly long shadow.

Could they be volcanic plugs, or simply hard rocks exposed through erosion? Would love to hear your take on this. Thanks.

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- wildespace   Huge rocks at Mons Hansteen   Jul 4 2013, 08:27 AM
- - nprev   Um. Well, they're certainly big rocks. Based ...   Jul 4 2013, 08:50 AM
- - Juramike   Hansteen rocks are different than most normal basa...   Jul 4 2013, 03:18 PM
- - Fran Ontanaya   I think the terrain just unevenly slopes down in t...   Jul 5 2013, 05:32 AM
- - JohnVV   without knowing the exact time the image was taken...   Jul 6 2013, 10:54 PM
- - wildespace   QUOTE (JohnVV @ Jul 6 2013, 11:54 PM) wit...   Jul 6 2013, 11:56 PM

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