..far off loomed the mountain..from a distance what had seemed wide and featureless flats were infact all broken and tumbled.. (Tolkien) ..like a dark standing shadow..smokes were pouring from it.. (Tolkien)
   
..the largest of the these holes were rimmed with ridges of broken rock, and broad fissures ran out from them..(Tolkien)
click to enlarge ..the path was not put there for the purpose of sam..it was Sauron’s Road to the chambers of fire..it came over a deep abyss..leading to a dark entrance that gazed back east..(Tolkien)