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Rock Giant monolith series
Sigiriya rock in Sri Lanka, granite, the rock was used as a fortress in the old days.
Wikipedia photo link.
Man made Rock Giant series
The Great pyramid of Giza in Africa was built from limestone, mortar, and granite. It is 230.6 meters x 230.6 meters at the base with an original height of 146.6 meters, considered the largest pyramid ever built.
Mountains and rocks of Africa
Mount Kilimanjaro
Wikipedia photo link.
Rock Giant monolith series
Zuma Rock in Nigeria, igneous intrusion, inselberg, tallest object in the entire region.
Wikipedia photo link.
Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Reddit photo of Kilimanjaro taken from Masai Mara in Kenya. Linked to Wikipedia.
Man made Rock Giant series
The pyramid of Khafre in Giza was made from limestone and is the second largest of the group. It is 215.5 meters x 215.5 meters at the base and 136.4 meters tall.
Asteroid impact series
At up to 190 miles across the Vredefort crater, impacting 2 billion years ago in South Africa, is the largest verified asteroid hit on earth.
Wikipedia photo link.
Asteroid impact series
The Morokweng crater in South Africa is the eighth largest asteroid crater on earth and it is only 300 miles from the largest asteroid crater on earth called Vredefort.
Who says two giant asteroids cannot land in the same place?
ResearchGate photo link.
Mount Kenya
Wikipedia photo link.
Rock Giant monolith series
Rock of Gibraltar, limestone, on the Mediterranean.
Wikipedia photo link.
Mount Taubkal, Morocco
Wikipedia photo link.
Rock Giant monolith series
Ben Amera in Africa, basalt and silica sand, second largest rock next to Uluru.
Wikipedia photo link.
Diamond rocks
Giant diamond rock series
Largest clear diamond is the Cullinan diamond, at 3,106 carats. Discovered in Cullinan, South Africa in 1905. It has since been cut up.
Giant diamond rock series
Recently discovered, this 2,492 carat Lucara diamond is currently unnamed. It is the second largest clear diamond ever found.
Giant diamond rock series
The Sewelo is the 4th largest diamond at 1,758 carats and was discovered in Botswana, Africa in 2019.
Giant diamond rock series
At 1,174 carats, the Lucara diamond, discovered in 2021 is the 5th largest ever found.
African plate
Tectonic plate and earthquake series
The African plate is by far the calmest of all the earth's plates with a mear 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Rukwa, Tanzania in 1910 and a 7.1 magnitude earthquake in South Sudan, Africa in 1990.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_South_Sudan_earthquakes