Pictured Rocks, MI · Wild n Wonderful Wanderer

The Pictured Rocks cliffs rise 50 to 200 feet and stretch more than 15 miles along Lake Superior, streaked with color from iron, copper, and manganese staining the rock. Centuries of waves and weather have carved the sandstone into sea caves, arches, blowholes, turrets, and stone spires.

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The Pictured Rocks cliffs rise 50 to 200 feet and stretch more than 15 miles along Lake Superior. Source ↗
The cliffs' colorful streaks come from iron, copper, and manganese staining the rock. Source ↗
Groundwater seeping from cracks in the cliff face is what paints the streaks down the rock. Source ↗
Waves and weather have carved the cliffs into sea caves, arches, blowholes, turrets, and stone spires. Source ↗
These formations were sculpted from the cliffs over centuries by Lake Superior's unceasing waves and weather. Source ↗

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