With my current knowledge, this looks like erosion due to a combination of run off, acid rain, and sediment being carried in wind. It has happened over the course of millions of years, and will continue to happen for millions of years to come.
The atmosphere makes this acid rain precipitate and run off as well as makes the winds that erode at the rock.
I would probably want to give my child one or two specific traits like intelligence or no inheritable diseases, because I would want my child to have a excellent chance of success in life.
