Balanced Rock in Valley Formation

In the Park Avenue formations, balanced and top-heavy rocks perch on the tall monoliths — caps left stranded as the softer necks below them wear away.

Photographed June 2003, low angle, against a bright sky. A top-heavy boulder sits on a slender neck atop a dark monolith, a sharp fin beside it, tumbled blocks below. Sculptural and dramatic — a balanced rock set into the high valley walls.