# Desert icons collapse as southwestern US gets pummeled with rain and flooding

- Source: Las Vegas Sun
- Published: 2026-11-06T23:53:00+00:00
- Category: Local
- Original: https://lasvegassun.com/news/2026/nov/06/desert-icons-collapse-as-southwestern-us-gets-pumm/
- Canonical: https://groundlevelnews.com/story/desert-icons-collapse-as-southwestern-us-gets-pummeled-with-rain-and-f-90a93c/

There are stretches of high desert in northwestern New Mexico where Mother Nature has sculpted otherworldly forms using wind, rain and the passage of time. Hefty planks of rock defy gravity as they balance atop spindly pedestals of clay ...

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