Placing it there was the idea of Richard Wukich, an art professor at Slippery Rock University in Pennsylvania.

VOA: special.2009.06.22

People come from all over the world to climb one of the huge rock formations at Yosemite.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

At the same time, hot liquid rock from deep in the Earth pushed to the surface.

VOA: special.2009.01.07

The rivers carried dirt and pieces of stone that slowly ate away at the surrounding rock.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

That is because the path ends at the top of a rock high above Zion Canyon.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

At Jordan Catholic School in Rock Island,Illinois, students set up a money supply for Haiti.

VOA: special.2010.02.05

Visitors can see King's very first guitar at the Rock and Soul Museum in Memphis,Tennessee.

VOA: special.2010.05.12

Looking down at a piece of the famous rock, Cari Corrigan suggested its historic importance.

VOA: special.2010.07.28

Another hike is a twenty-two kilometer walk that ends at an unusual rock formation.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

She worked at a rock quarry. She made paper beads as a hobby.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

It ends at the top of a rock high above Zion Canyon.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

These rock formations at Bryce National Park are extremely beautiful.

VOA: special.2009.04.15

Walls of rock fall away sharply at your feet.

VOA: special.2009.10.07

But it is not easy to get at. Specks of gold embedded in the mountain rock can only be extracted by blasting and crushing the rock to powder.

VOA: standard.2010.04.22