Emergence
Haystack, Canon Beach Oregon. Even the name is iconic, people travel the globe to see it and folks like us put it on our list as must haves.
I had always assumed erosion had caused this, but I was mostly wrong. Haystack and it's fellow marvels here on the west coast were sent here via the Yellowstone hot spot. That's right kids, lava millions of years ago was sent to the sea and the movement of the tectonic plates are lifting the basalt towers up to once again bask in the sun. Erosion of the weaker elements gives them their unique and wonderful shapes, this one being the most famous of them all.
Seeing it is worth the trip and Pelican Brewery is within walking distance if your travels were dry...... :-)
Emergence
Haystack, Canon Beach Oregon. Even the name is iconic, people travel the globe to see it and folks like us put it on our list as must haves.
I had always assumed erosion had caused this, but I was mostly wrong. Haystack and it's fellow marvels here on the west coast were sent here via the Yellowstone hot spot. That's right kids, lava millions of years ago was sent to the sea and the movement of the tectonic plates are lifting the basalt towers up to once again bask in the sun. Erosion of the weaker elements gives them their unique and wonderful shapes, this one being the most famous of them all.
Seeing it is worth the trip and Pelican Brewery is within walking distance if your travels were dry...... :-)