![](http://www.alamy.com/thumbs/6/E553139A-C454-4287-B401-39BEE621DBFA/FNB171.jpg)
Eroded sandstone landscape in Bastei, Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany
The Bastei is a rock formation towering 194 metres above the Elbe River in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains of Germany. Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over one million years ago.
Size: 3888px × 2592px
Location: Bastei, Sächsische Schweiz, Saxony, Germany
Photo credit: © Jorge Tutor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: bastei, elbe, eroded, erosion, germany, highlands, mountains, pillars, river, sachsische, sandstone, saxony, schweiz, valley, ächsische