El Capitan, Yosemite, California, USA, c1900. Creator: Unknown
El Capitan, Yosemite, California, USA, c1900. Granite monolith in Yosemite National Park, 900 metres from base to summit, popular with rock climbers
The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. Artist: Underwood & Underwood
The Stela of Amenophis III, Cairo Museum, Egypt, 1905. This enormous stela, hewn out of black granite, is ten feet three inches high, five feet four inches wide, and thirteen inches thick
Granite rocks, Betts camp, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Artist: W Macleod
Granite rocks, Betts camp, Mount Kosciuszko, New South Wales, Australia, 1886. Located in Kosciuszko National Park, the highest mountain in mainland Australia