Millions of years old rare basalt columns in northern Turkey is among the most popular tourist destinations of the culturally-rich country since it opened to visitors last year. Along the Guzelcehisar ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland features around 40,000 exposed polygonal columns of basalt in perfect horizontal sections.

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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There has been a wave of articles over the last few weeks out on the geoblogosphere on columnar jointing in lavas – with many, many great images of columns seen aroundthe world. I thought I’d jump in ...

Sometimes natural processes can create surprisingly complex and regular patterns, fooling some into thinking they discovered the artifacts of a lost civilization. One striking example of such ...

Rare basalt columns in northern Turkey has become one of the most popular tourist destinations since it was opened for tourism earlier this year. Around 40,000 people visited the 80-million-year-old ...

Climbing has been baned on the famous basalt columns in Armenia including Arpa Gorge and Garni Gorge. Up until recently one used to climb on some truly unique rock in Armenia, up hexagonal basalt ...

Deccan traps are one of the largest volcanic features on the earth. Polygonal patterns and columnar joints in basaltic rocks are the most fascinating structures for geologists and volcanologists. Now ...