Photo Hunt: Heavy

by Rebecca on February 9, 2008 · 40 comments

in PhotoHunt, Photography

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(Originally published here on Flickr.)

This is part of the Quarry Exhibit at Stone Mountain in Georgia. This piece of granite weighs 66,000 pounds. (Now THAT’s heavy.)

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1 Shoshana 02.09.08 at 2:28 am

That is truly heavy. Great take on the theme!

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2 frogpondsrock 02.09.08 at 7:30 am

That is a great photo..It looks very very Heavy lol. cheers kim and thank you :)

3 Patricia (Pollywog Creek) 02.09.08 at 8:09 am

That certainly is heavy! I’ve been to Stone Mountain - years ago. It is a very beautiful place. Thanks for stopping by the creek and have a wonderful weekend.

4 napaboaniya 02.09.08 at 8:17 am

Grats on the new domain!! :)

They’ll need a crane to move that granite!! :P

5 Cindy 02.09.08 at 8:45 am

you’re right, that is heavy.

6 Hootin' Anni 02.09.08 at 8:48 am

I’ve always wanted to go there. This is where the mountain is carved with Lee, is it? Not sure now. LOL

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7 Write From Karen 02.09.08 at 9:19 am

A boulder! *slaps head* I seriously didn’t think of that, lol. Good one!

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8 Olivia 02.09.08 at 10:11 am

That is amazingly huge and HEAVY!

9 MamaArcher 02.09.08 at 10:30 am

that is definitely heavy! It looks like it is going to land on someone though because of the angle of the photo!

10 Jessica 02.09.08 at 11:09 am

Very heavy! I have actually went to stone mountain in GA before! Great pic!

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11 WillThink4Wine 02.09.08 at 11:20 am

Wow, what are they cutting up the mountain for?

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12 JC 02.09.08 at 11:22 am

Interesting shot… I wonder how they weighed it…

13 lutchi 02.09.08 at 11:35 am

huge rock! thanks for sharing.

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14 Carver 02.09.08 at 11:51 am

Wow, that is very heavy. The way you shot it makes it look heavy, and scary. Have a great weekend.

15 jesie 02.09.08 at 11:55 am

That’s a big heavy leaning rock. I would not go near it.

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16 Gizelle 02.09.08 at 12:48 pm

Surely hits the cherry for today’s theme! 66,000lbs! Well done! Great angle too…Happy weekend!

17 julie 02.09.08 at 1:43 pm

That looks very heavy. Great photo for today’s theme.

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18 Anna 02.09.08 at 2:48 pm

Those sure is heavy, I won’t even mess around it hehehheheh.. Thanks for sharing..

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19 jmb 02.09.08 at 2:51 pm

Your piece of granite beats my piece of granite which is only 2.5 tons or 5000 pounds. Great photo. Thanks for visiting and have a great weekend.

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20 Jenty 02.09.08 at 2:59 pm

Oh wow!! That is HUGE!!

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21 Alice Audrey 02.09.08 at 3:01 pm

Thanks for the heads up on my first ever Photo Hunt post. I kind of fell into that one backwards. I think I’ve got it fixed now.

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22 johnny 02.09.08 at 3:09 pm

I wonder how they carry it to there..

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23 sarge charlie 02.09.08 at 3:12 pm

that is heavy, i visited stone mountain in 1948, that is a long time back, i grew up near rome ga.

24 Mama Bear 02.09.08 at 3:13 pm

Wow, that is some rock. It almost looks artificial.

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25 pat 02.09.08 at 3:34 pm

Wow - that is heavy!!

Happy Weekend.

26 Yen 02.09.08 at 3:46 pm

Definitely HEAVY! Nice shot too:)

27 PowersTwinB 02.09.08 at 4:14 pm

WOW that is HEAVY! Great take on this weeks theme word! It was tough! My hunt is up, come on over Rebecca! Becci (From one Rebecca to another)

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28 ellen b 02.09.08 at 4:18 pm

At that angle it looks like it’s gonna fall through my computer screen and totally smash my table!

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29 Sabine 02.09.08 at 4:42 pm

wow, that is heavy alright!! Our cat’s a featherweight compared to that LOL!

Happy weekend, and thanks for visiting! :)

30 SuzanneSays... 02.09.08 at 5:27 pm

Boy howdy - that IS heavy!

31 Dragonstar 02.09.08 at 5:50 pm

That is one heavy rock!

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32 Pearl 02.09.08 at 6:43 pm

Yep, no doubt about it! It looks and feels heavy!. I love the style of the picture its taken.

Pearl - have a great day ahead. Do drop by

33 Andrée 02.09.08 at 7:19 pm

that’s cool how you turned the camera! Watch out below!

34 MommyTime 02.09.08 at 10:13 pm

Seriously heavy! I grew up not far from there, so this was a fun one to see. Thanks for coming by mine too.

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35 lotis 02.09.08 at 10:50 pm

wow, a granite that size! pretty precious, and, heavy :-)

36 Sandy (Momisodes) 02.09.08 at 10:52 pm

WOW! That pic looks like it was going to crush me when I got here! I love the angle on this pic…Great photo for today’s theme!

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37 Rebecca 02.10.08 at 7:35 pm

Anni… yes, That’s Lee. :)

38 Rebecca 02.10.08 at 7:48 pm

In the 1800s, thousands and thousands and thousands of pounds of granite were mined from Stone Mountain for all sorts of purposes.

39 Rebecca 02.10.08 at 7:50 pm

JC, I’ve wondered how they weighed it, too. I can’t even imagine…

40 delish 02.11.08 at 1:38 am

wow, that is truly, truly heavy!

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