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Enchanted Rock, Texas
Many East Texans have an Enchanted Rock story. Rock climbers tackle its cracked face. Campers come for some of the state’s darkest skies, and geologists study its 1 billion-year-old pink granite.
Meanwhile, the Tonkawa, Apache, and Comanche peoples have been weaving this dome into their traditions since long before it had an English name.
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This Mountain Peels Like An Onion
Erosion removes overlying weight making the granite expand slightly. This process is exfoliation, where curved layers of rock gradually split and peel away like an onion, continues to happen today…