Mountains Created by the Rain

I found a couple of pictures, taken back in 2005, of awesome tiny mountain formations created by a heavy rainstorm.

I was digging out the dirt from my basement when all of a sudden it started pouring -- so I went inside. When the rain stopped and I went back to continue working, I noticed these tiny mountains in the pile. Upon closer inspection I was amazed at what I saw:

Normally the rain would have just washed away the sand, but because the pile was underneath a big tree, and the leaves from the tree slowed down the rain, the water dropped straight down on top of the pile. A lot of sand was washed away, but some tiny stones shielded the sand underneath them.

It has to be the most incredible form of art, created by nature, that I have ever photographed. The pictures still amaze me. Check out the full gallery of images, including some nice pictures of Pawtucket Falls (on the Merrimack River) in Lowell. The waterfall was unusually high due to the large amounts of rain we had that week.