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focalintent ([personal profile] focalintent) wrote2008-03-16 10:50 pm

Rock man


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

[identity profile] thewileydanyote.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
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!)

[identity profile] devina.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 10:29 am (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] pir.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Reminds me of a cross between the figure they're using for the winter olympics and the piles of stone in some locations there.

[identity profile] princesskaite.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)
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.

[identity profile] tcb.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 01:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Nice!

[identity profile] mzrowan.livejournal.com 2008-03-17 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)