Elephant Head Rock

That's impressive!

Remarkable capture!

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Maybe... just maybe that will keep it safe.

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Let's hope. But it also means if someone's intent on destruction, there's not likely to be anyone else watching.

Considering the amount of seldom-explored backcountry in Nevada, you think there's a chance of more of these odd forms?

For something this big, the chances are roughly zero. It's remote, but over the years there have been lots of people wandering thru here--ranchers, prospectors, hunters and other outdoorsfolk, ATV-motorbikers, sheepherders, and even the odd hiker or two. So anything substantial would have been noticed. As I mentioned, the feature is even named on the USGS topo.

Smaller unnamed features abound, however. I've got a picture of a small arch in rocks in the Virginia Range not too far from my house I'll post Real Soon Now--

I didn't realize it's size, the more distance of the inset helps.

It's certainly well named!

;) From this angle. But from other vantages I thought it looked more like a pelican!

That's what I thought especially on this photo:-) From the other side it's more elephant...

Thanks, everyone! It was marked on the topo map, but we had no idea it was so spectacular.

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