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A boulder photographed against the night sky in Washington
April 3, 2012

Rubbing Stone, Washington

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Looking as if it fell from the sky, a 40-ton erratic stands on the Colville Indian Reservation in Washington State. Such boulders are sometimes called rubbing stones because bison scratched up against them.

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Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, National Geographic

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