Awesome

Leigh summed it up in one word. Another of nature's masterpieces.

Fabulous, thanks fi! Merry Christmas & happy New Year folks! See you in January!

I wouldn't want to be standing under that for to long!!!!

I meant "too long"

I wouldn't worry. It's been there for many thousands of years. It would take a lot to make it fall.

Thanks for the great photo Fi.

Yes, Heidi, but EVENTUALLY the forces of erosion will topple this, too. There was a pinnacle in Seneca Rocks called "The Gendarme", and there was an established and popular climbing route on it. Then, in 1987, it fell ... nothing is forever!

Interesting shot, fi!

Impressive, Fi! I didn't know that about the pinnacle, Cyn - is it readily visible from the road and visitor's center? Maybe I have an old photo of it, taken during my days of doing Monongahela National Forest surveys - I used to drive by there frequently and sometimes stopped just to look at the area.

Beautiful and thanks for the photo Fi

Great photo, Fi! These things do fall, though, as Cyn mentioned. We had one in OK, chimney rock, that one day was just down. And, I believe, a rather important one in Utah fell not long ago. Tis true, nothing is forever. So, let the good times roll now!

Well, Joan, the Gendarme is no more, though the climbing store in Seneca Rocks is still named after its once most-famous formation. I haven't climbed there, though a lot of our Pittsburgh climbing friends often go there. I understand there can be a traffic jam of climbers at the descent point More...