๐ป๐ง Stone Mountain & Georgia Tech: Nature + Nerd Power
๐ป Stone Mountain, GA: ๐ธ One of the WORLDโS largest monolithic granite domes! ๐๐ป (Eroded over millenniaโnatureโs art!) ๐ธ Size? ๐ 2km long, 1km wide, 500m tall! ๐พ๐๏ธ (Stands like a jade marble in a grassy sea.) ๐ธ Became a state park in the 50s: ๐ฆ wildlife ranch, antebellum plantation, & anarrow-gauge train ! ๐๐ค๏ธ ๐ฟ The BIG Attraction: ๐น Confederate Memorial Carvingโcarved into the rockโs steep face! ๐ฟ๐จ ๐น Features Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, & Stonewall Jackson. ๐จ๐ผ๐ผ๐จ๐ผโ๏ธ ๐น Took DECADES to finish (1915โ1970)! ๐ฐ๏ธ๐ฆ Modern tools saved the day post-1964. ๐ ๏ธโก ๐น One eye alone is HUMAN-SIZED. ๐๏ธ๐ฟ Mind-blowing! ๐ซ Georgia Tech (GT): ๐ธ Founded 1885 in ATLโpublic Ivy, MIT/Caltech rival! ๐ซ๐ ๐ธ Campuses in Metz, France & Shenzhen, China. ๐๐ ๐ธ QS Engineering Top 12 (2023), THE Top 11! ๐๐ป ๐ธ Alums: Nobel winner Kary Mullis, LIGO team, Jimmy Carter, Apple CEOs, Coca-Cola bosses, & gaming legends. ๐๐ ๐ฎ ๐ธ Hosted 1996 Olympics tech! ๐ ๐ป #AtlantaLife #StoneMountain #GeorgiaTech #NatureAndTech #TravelGoals
