solid rock

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Whether the incoming object was a solid rock like the marble or a looser clump of dust, the boulders on the asteroid's surface shaped the incoming material into the distinctive fan patterns.

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

As the tunnel passes beneath San Jacinto’s flank, as much as 2,500 feet of solid rock lies overhead, pierced only by two vertical ventilation shafts.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2025

In the borderlands of south Lebanon, Hezbollah has spent the last 18 years preparing tunnels and positions in solid rock.

From BBC • Sep. 24, 2024

There have been several supercontinental eras in the past; each were forged when tectonic plates—giant slabs of solid rock floating atop Earth’s mantle—thrust landmasses together like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.

From Scientific American • Oct. 17, 2023

Part of me still expected to ram face-first into solid rock, and I closed my eyes in anticipation of impact.

From "Glitch" by Laura Martin