This is Tafelberg Mountain, and as you might well imagine based on its uncommon appearance, it hasn’t always looked like this.

In the old days, back before mining concerns forever reshaped the mountain, Tafelberg solely sported a flat top, the entire summit a towering table much like the legendary Table Mountain in South Africa, though a good four-and-a-half times smaller.

Read the full story, originally published on May 17, 2016, on uncommoncaribbean.com.