Devil's Tower

[An excerpt:  Creation Road Trip Answers Magazine] “If you’re planning an outing to one of these locations, be sure to read the following biblical explanations of how catastrophic processes formed these amazing sights during Noah’s Flood.

Devils Tower

Towering above the flat landscape of Wyoming is one of the natural wonders of the world. Standing almost 1,300 feet (395 m) above the Belle Fourche River, Devils Tower is enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year and provides a challenge for any adventurous rock-climber. Devil's Tower, an impressive formation amid a relatively flat region, raises natural questions among many viewers as to how and when it formed.

Devil's Tower was formed when magma (molten volcanic rock inside the earth) was pushed into place underground. At this time, the surface of the surrounding land was nearly 3,000 feet higher than it is today. After the magma hardened and cooled, the area was then eroded away.

Devil's Tower is made up of spectacular vertical columns of igneous rock with five or six sides each. At the base, these columns are about seven feet wide, and they decrease in size to around four feet at their peak. As hot magma cools and solidifies, it shrinks in volume and fractures along vertical planes, which explains how these columns formed.

Evolutionary geologists believe that Devil's Tower was formed underground about 40 million years ago. Through the millions of years that followed, the land was slowly eroded away by the retreating and returning of seas, which took place over these vast ages, slowly exposing more and more of Devil's Tower.

Biblical geologists have a different explanation for the formation of Devil's Tower—one that fits the facts well: One catastrophic event was responsible for the formation of this natural wonder. This event was the Genesis Flood about 4,500 years ago, as recorded in Genesis 6–9.

There is evidence that dramatic volcanic activity accompanied the Flood, and this would explain the intrusion of magma that initially formed Devil's Tower underground. It is also likely that at that time the earth was dramatically changed as the crust of the earth shifted, causing new ocean basins to sink and continents to rise. After the ocean basins began sinking, the floodwaters began to drain from the land surface. Initially, rapid erosion of sediments would have occurred in wide spans, cutting wide, flat surfaces across the landscapes. Eventually, the receding waters split into large channels which cut deep valleys and, in this instance, formed the valley of the Belle Fourche River, thus exposing Devil's Tower.

See this awesome formation that is a testament to the eroding force of Noah’s Flood.”  Full text:  Creation Road Trip  http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/am/v1/n1/creation-road-trip-more

Devil's Tower