As if that were not enough, National Geographic says that it can be the oldest rock formation on earth and that it still hides secrets about the evolution of life on our planet.
With more than 2,000 million years old, this mountain It is considered one of the oldest on the entire planet Earth.
According to historians, the first person who described the Monte Roraima It was the English pirate Walter Raleigh, after finding it in 1596. However, the formation received hundreds of visits in the later years.
What most baffles scientists is the precision of their angles and the apparently artificial forms that show the mountainas if it had been cut with knives. Although some geologists suggest that it could be the result of an old earthquake.
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In addition to its amazing way, the Monte Roraima It houses a large number of endemic plant and animal species, and although tourism has managed to access some parts, its field research is not at all simple.
How Mount Roraima inspired NASA
One of the corners of the planet Mars for which the Curiosity Rover, of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has moved (POT) bears the name of Mount Roraima.
According to the POTthe characteristics of the land of Mount Roraima on Earth are very similar to those of the area explored by Curiosity on Mars, so the name was decided.
The places that the Curiosity Rover of the POT They carry different names, but that of Roraima “was the first theme of a South American quadrant” this, highlighted by the space agency itself.
