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La Rosa de Piedra

This rocky cliff formation, supposed to resemble the petals of a rose, lies on the La Orotava road to Teide National Park, just beyond Aguamansa. Believed to be about 30,000 years old, it was formed by lava flows thst merged into columns and then cooled, causing cracks or seams in the crystallized rock.

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Uploaded on September 26, 2016
Taken on April 1, 2014