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This episode is brought to you by Rock Solid Bonds.

Tonight, we'll read a newscast original story about the friendship between two boulders on a mountain slope.

In this gentle tale you will meet mighty nice an ancient and steadfast rock and little rock a curious and enthusiastic granite boulder.

Their bond grows through shared experiences and geological lessons,

highlighting themes of connection, change, and the enduring nature of friendship.

As you listen, you'll be transported to a high-altitude land where the ancient and the ephemeral coexist.

The Teton Range, known for its rugged peaks and stunning vistas, rises sharply above the Jackson

Hole Valley in Wyoming. The grand Teton is the highest peak within the range, standing at 13,775 feet or 4,199 meters.

Let's get cozy.

Close your eyes.

Relax your body into the softness of your bed.

Now take a few deep breaths. One crisp morning, high on the steep slopes of the Grand Titan, a striking boulder named Mighty Ice stood solid and unmoved. It had stood there in that spot for eons and expected to for many eons more. The early sunlight cast long shadows

across the rugged landscape as it streamed through jagged peaks in the rocky mountains that run through Wyoming.

Mighty Nice, with its ancient banded surface shimmering in the light, absorbed the sun's fresh rays.

The ground on this slope is to this day covered with loose stones and boulders, scattered amidst patches of hardy vegetation.

The rocks tell stories of ancient geological processes. their surfaces marked by the passage of time.

Mighty Nice, with its distinctive banded patterns of light and dark layers

formed in immense heat and pressure billions of years ago.

The Teton range is primarily composed of ancient pre-Cambrian rocks. Mighty Nice being one of these ancient rocks called Nice, has witnessed the slow march of geological time, formed within the earth's cry. time.

Formed within the Earth's crust, it was pushed upwards by tectonic forces, eventually exposed by erosion.

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