Giant’s Causeway

A cool geology picture:

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Giant’s causeway is a feature along the coast of Northern Ireland with hexagonal columns of basalt. Columnar basalt is common, and forms when a lava flow contracts as it cools, forming polygonal columns. These are usually six-sided, but the columns can have anywhere from four to eight sides.

Wikipedia article on Giant’s Causeway.

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