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Pinnacles Desert is dotted with strange limestone spires

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Thousands of weathered rock pillars stick out of the yellow Australian sand, making the entire landscape look like the eroded remnants of an ancient, petrified civilization.

Pinnacles Desert is dotted with strange limestone spires
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