Rock man

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Rock man, originally uploaded by Focal Intent.

A number of the trails around the old lava flows in Volcano National Park had these little rock piles as trail markers.

More from the lava flows and craters

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[thewileydanyote.livejournal.com]

I love this little guy!

He reminds me a bit of the small granite sculptures that people made on top of half dome. (You can see a few of them on my flickrstream if you care. Either way, this guys is awesome!)

[devina.livejournal.com]

I don't think these are really trail markers. (Or at least, they're not just trail markers.) Usually sculptures of rock like this in Hawaii indicate a sacred site.

[pir.livejournal.com]

Reminds me of a cross between the figure they're using for the winter olympics and the piles of stone in some locations there.

[princesskaite.livejournal.com]

He is! He's an inukshuk!!! which is like the funnest word ever to say :)
And the purpose of inukshuks are to be trail markers and guide posts - especially in areas where the natural landscape doesn't leave much to go by.

The 2010 guy is called "Ilanaaq" which is the Inuit word for friend. Man I need to get out of here - I know way too much about this.

[tcb.livejournal.com]

Nice!

[mzrowan.livejournal.com]

Inukshuk!