Columnar jointing is a common feature in many basaltic lava flows and intrusions around the world. Spectacular arrangements of columns have fascinated observers for centuries, and numerous hypotheses ...

Huge, dark pillars of stone rise from the dirt. They are perfectly hexagonal. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder like a terracotta army of frozen lava. They look like someone perfectly sculpted them, but ...

AQUASCAPE THREE MONGOLIAN BASALT COLUMN FOUNTAIN: Building a Casita and must sell our two-year old courtyard pond-less fountain. The fountain contains the following items 100 gal, Aquabasin, has been ...

Catie Leary writes and curates visual stories about science, animals, the arts, travel, and the natural world. Giant's Causeway is perhaps the world's most extraordinary and well-known example of ...

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 ...

HYDERABAD: Miniature columnar Basalt rocks, said to be dated back to 65 million years, were found in the Ginnedhari forest range in Adilabad district. Explorers from the Public Research Institute of ...