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Photo: Pinnacles Desert limestone formations
Two centuries of shifting dunes have exposed the thousands of limestone knobs that give Australia's Pinnacles Desert its name. Wind, rain, and sand sculpted the pinnacles-the main attractions of Namburg National Park.
Photograph by Sam Abell
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