God's Finger rock formation
El Dedo de Dios—“God’s finger”—is a 30-metre (98-foot) sea stack in the Atlantic Ocean off the northern part of Gran Canaria. Its fame is tied to a sudden loss: in November 2005, during Tropical Storm Delta, the thin top of the formation broke off and fell into the sea. That break didn’t end its story; by March 2006, a commission of experts set up by the town of Agaete advised against reconstructing the natural monument and instead focused on conserving what remained. This landmark also matters for reasons deeper than its silhouette. The surrounding geology is among the oldest on Gran Canaria, beginning to form around 14 million years ago. Over roughly 200,000 to 300,000 years, basaltic materials built up into the oddly shaped emblem you still associate with the Canary coastline. …
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