Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections. Chris Hill/Photodisc via Getty Images The reason patterns often appear ...
The Giant's Causeway, the 173 acres of hexagonal basalt columns that hug the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland, has long been a source of wonder and mystery. How could nature have formed such perfect ...
Craic on: was the Giant's Causeway formed by collective cracking? The formation of the spectacular hexagonal stone columns at Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway and similar structures around the world can be ...
This collection of basalt columns was recorded in a canyon north of Molokai, at a depth of just over a mile, according to Nautilus Live Ocean Exploration Trust. YouTube video screengrab Newly recorded ...
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