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Extreme Geology: The Giant’s Causeway, Ireland and Staffa, Scotland
→ Credit for photos: one, two, and three.

These amazing basalt columns cane be found on Staffa, Scotland, and Giant’s Causeway in Nothern Ireland. These geological structures formed from volcanic activity over 50 mya where the slow cooling of basalt creates the hexagonal columns you see today. The process which creates such stunning hexagonal columns is called “columnar jointing”; a process where the basalt rapidly cools from the outside towards the centre, causing it to contract and form these structures.

(via sav3mys0ul)

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    I’ve always found these structures really fascinating. :o
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    How do I keep forgetting that this place exists?
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    I used to live near(ish) to the Giant’s Causeway. It’s absolutely amazing. My Mamma used to tell me the story of how the...
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