A Large Rock Formation in Madagascar
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
An astronaut took a photo in August 2026.
- A2
On 28 August 2026, an astronaut took a photo.
- B1
On 28 August 2026, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed the Saririaky anorthosite massif.
- B2
On 28 August 2026, an astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed the Saririaky anorthosite massif in southern Madagascar.
- C1
The bright, highly reflective lunar highlands seen from Earth owe their appearance to anorthosite.
- C2
The bright, highly reflective lunar highlands that can be seen from Earth owe their appearance to anorthosite.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- massif
- A very large block of rock or a mountain group.
- formation
- The way something is naturally made or the structure itself.
- estimate
- To guess or calculate the cost, size, or value of something.
- reshape
- To change the form or structure of something.
- collide
- To hit something violently.
- pull
- To move something towards yourself, sometimes with force.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by NASA Earth Observatory. Read the original for the full report.