Glacial erratic rock from the Pleistocene Ice Age Foothills Erratics Train deposited in Nose Hill Park with Calgary city skyline in the distance

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This quartzite glacial erratic, part of the Foothills Erratics Train, was carried by glacier ice from Mount Edith Cavell in the Rocky Mountains of Jasper National Park to the Canadian prairies. The small basin around the rock was created by the bison as they rubbed on the rock.

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Size: 2020px × 3030px
Location: Nose Hill Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Photo credit: © Rosanne Tackaberry / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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