Visitors to the Bastei walk across the 250-foot long Bastei Bridge that rises about 500 above the nearby Elbe River.
The Bastei is a rock formation rising about 650 feet above the Elbe River (or about 1,000 feet above sea level) in the
Elbe Sandstone Mountains near Rathen, Germany. The jagged rocks of the Bastei were formed by water erosion over
one million years ago. Additional photos from The Bastei are in my Cities gallery.