The seven giants of the Urals

[Searcher08]

The seven giants of the Urals

August 13, 2009

In the northern Urals, where these leave behind vegetation to become velvety hills that blend into the horizon, seven giants majestically rise. Seven stone colossi that, in the middle of nowhere, seem to have made a stop in their journey to contemplate the scenery from the top of a high plateau. With heights varying from 30 to 42 meters, these seven moais, that nature has molded during more than 200 million years, form one of the most impressive and magic geological legacies on the planet.

http://sovietrussia.co.uk/the-seven-giants-of-the-urals/

[Avalon]

Those pictures are just extraordinary, epecially the one of them snow-covered with the people for scale. Thank you. Gave me goosebumps.

[marmot]

most amazing!

[pepsified thinker]

ditto--and gotta add, I thought I'd be reading about Stalin et al, or something. Nice surprise.

[marmot]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Roraima

[marmot]

Look what I just found - a Disney reference to Mount Roraima - The Lost World!

2:31 youtube trailer for Disney Pixar's UP

[seemslikeadream]

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The Seven Giants of the Urals: Man-Pupu-Nyor, Russia
MAY 15, 2012 BY ADMIN 1 COMMENT

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Man-Pupu-Nyor (little mountain of the gods) is a magical geological legacy sculpted deep within the Ural mountains in Russia. It consists of seven impressive rock formations with heights varying from 30 to 42 meters which reign over the solitary mountain plateau. The Seven Giants are located in an inhospitable and remote region in the Komi Republic, which is why access to Man-Pupu-Nyor is reserved to very well prepared travelers and usually requires helicopters or snowmobiles.


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Man-Pupu-Nyor in Russia is a place which inspired hundreds of legends throughout the years. The unusual shape of the giant rocks as well as their distribution (six grouped together and one several meters apart) was probably the reason for the most known myth. It is said that a shaman cast a spell on the evil giants and turned them into stone.

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Due to the instable weather, the landscape here changes dramatically, sometimes even several times a day. Each month brings something new to this plateau, which makes traveling here interesting, no matter what the season.

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https://www.tourismontheedge.com/hidden ... yor-russia