Jug Rock, Shoals, Indiana
by Steve Gass
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Jug Rock, Shoals, Indiana
Artist
Steve Gass
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Photograph - Photograph
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Just outside of the small town of Shoals in Southern Indiana stands this 60 foot tall Sandstone monolith. Nestled in a little valley this unique rock formation stands all alone, no other similar formations are nearby.
Jug Rock is a table rock formation oddly set in the gentle woodlands of south central Indiana, so named because it looks like a jug, and geologically classified (some would say more appropriately) as a “table rock” formation because it looks (some would say more accurately) like a table.
The formation is believed to be the largest freestanding table rock east of the Mississippi River, in large part because rock formations like this just don’t occur in the eastern United States. The natural forces of erosion - rushing rivers, windy plains, a lack of plants - that create such spectacular scenery in the western states typically don’t have much impact on the dense woodlands and rolling hills common in the east.
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April 17th, 2021
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