Gog and Magog : Dawn . . . - a photo on Flickriver

            This image is included in 2 galleries :- 1) "cloudy skies" curated by haiku_rose, 2) "Sea and Mountain2" by Marinyu Anyu and 3) "72/ MASTERWORKS 05" by PACO WEAVING.

A stone's throw before reaching the 12 Apostles is a sightseeing stopoff called Gibson Steps.  Reaching the beach surface via 86 steps, two huge limestone stacks, referred to as Gog and Magog by locals, are towering into the sky at an arm's length.   Surveying these stacks at such a close distance, visitors are easily "dwarfed" if not enthralled.

Gog and Magog are names that appear in the Old Testament and in numerous subsequent works, including the Book of Revelation and the Qur'an, sometimes indicating individuals and sometimes lands and peoples. Sometimes, but not always, they are connected with the "end times", and the passages from the Book of Ezekiel and Book of Revelation in particular have attracted attention for this reason.  

According to Alison Dods of Parks Victoria, Australia, the larger one on the left is Gog the male and the smaller on the right is MaGog and is the female.

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Port Campbell (show map)

Taken on: April 4, 2015

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