Comments on: Giant’s Causeway: Ancient Volcanic Eruption Creates Natural Wonder

By: Danrain

Danrain — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 17:23:18 +0000

I love the photos dude, looks like man made but its natural wonder.

By: Vesta

Vesta — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:56:57 +0000

That looks great.but why for giants?sizes aren’t so big!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:26:16 +0000

Great place, good pics, brings back the memories of my visit. If you go there be sure to visit the little village of Bushmills close by, wink, wink, slake your thirst if you know what I mean!

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Long time no web schmutz! - Fearless women, freaky fun - its Hippymom! — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:09:46 +0000

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By: CK Go Places

CK Go Places — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:05:24 +0000

Wonderful shots of an amazing place! Thanks for sharing. :)

By: psw

psw — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 20:49:16 +0000

This is a great collection of beautiful pictures.
Geologists say:
Large eruptions of basalt lava may create deep flows of molten rock. As the rock slowly cools it shrinks slightly. The stresses cause jointing in several different planes, and columns of rock form with a generally hexagonal shape, like pencils. The flow shown here is at Sheepeaters Cliff, in Yellowstone National Park. Note that there is a strongly developed horizontal jointing here, too.

The piece of basalt below displays the six-sided cross section of a column. Some columns may have five or seven sides instead.

By: Flying Bear

Flying Bear — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:59:30 +0000

Very cool. like Devils tower in the USA. http://www.answers.com/topic/devils-tower-national-monument

By: yo

yo — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:35:51 +0000

I ate some mushrooms once and I saw a formation like this in downtown Denver.

By: joe

joe — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 15:25:59 +0000

i been dere it’s awesome

By: XaosBob

XaosBob — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:27:45 +0000

The hex pattern is made because the minerals in the basalt cooled very slowly. What this does is allows the molecules time to align themselves and lock into their minerals’ crystalline lattice. Normally, rock cools quickly and the crystalline structure is just too small to even be seen, but in the Causeway, the rock had time–perhaps literally hundreds or thousands of years–to cool, allowing for enormous crystal lattices.

Absolutely stunning photos. Thank you for such a wide variety, allowing us a range of ‘seeing’ that we’d normally only get if we were there. I second BG’s request for wallpaper-sized versions.