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2024-10-04 05:59:25 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

Devils Tower in Wyoming is NOT "hollow inside." https://www.nps.gov/deto/faqs.htm#:~:text=Is%20it%20hollow%3F%20No.%20You%20could%20compare%20it%20to%20a%20bunch%20of%20pencils%20held%20together%20by%20gravity https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504106/7-majestic-facts-about-devils-tower#:~:text=Devils%20Tower%20is%20composed%20of%20a%20rock%20called%20phonolite%20porphyry%2C%20which%20is%20like%20a%20less%20sparkly%20granite%2C%20as%20it%20contains%20no%20quartz.%20And%20while%20it%20may%20appear%20hollow%20at%20a%20distance%2C%20the%20striated%20monument%20is%20actually%20solid Close Encounters of the Third Kind depicts it as hollow in the middle where the spaceship landed. In reality, it is not hollow but fairly flat on top. https://usatourist.com/articles/devils-tower-national-monument-travel-guide/#:~:text=In%20the%20movie%20Devils%20Tower%20was%20portrayed%20as%20being%20hollow%20in%20the%20middle%20and%20was%20where%20the%20alien%20spaceship%20landed.%20In%20reality%2C%20this%20impressive%20landmark%20is%20not%20hollow%2C%20but%20fairly%20flat%20on%20top https://archive.ph/ZSTUl The original Pinterest post notes this image is "concept art." https://archive.ph/Q4DtI

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• Devils Tower in Wyoming is NOT "hollow inside." https://www.nps.gov/deto/faqs.htm#:~:text=Is%20it%20hollow%3F%20No.%20You%20could%20compare%20it%20to%20a%20bunch%20of%20pencils%20held%20together%20by%20gravity https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/504106/7-majestic-facts-about-devils-tower#:~:text=Devils%20Tower%20is%20composed%20of%20a%20rock%20called%20phonolite%20porphyry%2C%20which%20is%20like%20a%20less%20sparkly%20granite%2C%20as%20it%20contains%20no%20quartz.%20And%20while%20it%20may%20appear%20hollow%20at%20a%20distance%2C%20the%20striated%20monument%20is%20actually%20solid Close Encounters of the Third Kind depicts it as hollow in the middle where the spaceship landed. In reality, it is not hollow but fairly flat on top. https://usatourist.com/articles/devils-tower-national-monument-travel-guide/#:~:text=In%20the%20movie%20Devils%20Tower%20was%20portrayed%20as%20being%20hollow%20in%20the%20middle%20and%20was%20where%20the%20alien%20spaceship%20landed.%20In%20reality%2C%20this%20impressive%20landmark%20is%20not%20hollow%2C%20but%20fairly%20flat%20on%20top https://archive.ph/ZSTUl The original Pinterest post notes this image is "concept art." https://archive.ph/Q4DtI