This is the Putorana Plateau. Though its topography is reminiscent ... That is why Vasily Sarana and the Russian Geographic Society keep coming back: Putorana is one of the few remaining places ...

This story appears in the April 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... This geologic colossus—the highest and largest plateau on the planet, ringed by its tallest mountains—covers ...

The polished limestone made the pyramids visible from great distances, impacting anyone approaching the Giza plateau.