The Old Man of the Mountain was a series of five granite cliff ledges on Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire,USA. The rock formation measured 40 feet tall and 25 feet wide. The first mention of the Old Man was 1805. It collapsed on May 3,2003. The formation was carved by glaciers,and thought to be 2,000 to 10,000 years old. Freezing and thawing opened fissures and attempted repairs began in the 1920's,but nature eventually defeated mans attempts. A sad loss for New Hampshire.
Mount Rushmore is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota,USA. Mount Rushmore features 60 foot heads of former US presidents George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln,sculpted by Gutzon Borglum a Danish-American and his son Lincoln Borglum. Construction began in 1927,and was completed between 1934-1939. Initially the presidents were to be depicted from head to waist,but lack of funding forced construction to end.
I can't help but wonder if the days are numbered for this national monument as they were for the Old Man of the Mountain.
Mount Rushmore is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore in South Dakota,USA. Mount Rushmore features 60 foot heads of former US presidents George Washington,Thomas Jefferson,Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln,sculpted by Gutzon Borglum a Danish-American and his son Lincoln Borglum. Construction began in 1927,and was completed between 1934-1939. Initially the presidents were to be depicted from head to waist,but lack of funding forced construction to end.
I can't help but wonder if the days are numbered for this national monument as they were for the Old Man of the Mountain.
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With all the cement and bonding agents that have been pumped into every crack of that mountain it should out last mankind. I can only speculate what the aliens will think when they come to Earth after we're all gone and they find Rushmore.
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