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A view of the basalt columns, along the edge of the higher section. You can see the colour difference without them being wet. I am fascinated by the whole thing, too. I think I was surprised that people are allowed to just walk all over it.
Bushmills
County Antrim
Northern Ireland
The Giant's Causeway (known as Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach in Irish is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is located in County Antrim on the northeast coast of Northern Ireland, about three miles (4.8 km) northeast of the town of Bushmills. The tops of the columns form stepping stones that lead from the cliff foot and disappear under the sea. Most of the columns are hexagonal, although there are also some with four, five, seven or eight sides. The tallest are about 12 metres (39 ft) high, and the solidified lava in the cliffs is 28 metres thick in places. The Giant's Causeway is today owned and managed by the National Trust and it is the most popular tourist attraction in Northern Ireland.
Some 50 to 60 million years ago during the Paleogene period, Antrim was subject to intense volcanic activity, when highly fluid molten basalt intruded through chalk beds to form an extensive lava plateau.
Another image of the causeway can be seen in the first comment section. My current image was taken just to the left of the image below.
About six weeks before this photo was taken, I was already standing at Aldeyarfoss - at that time it was a completely different picture. The onset of winter came early and violently. This morning it was a cool -6 ° C, but I enjoyed the wintry mood with the light color of the sky
Giant's Causeway, The Organ Pipes basalt columns are especially tall and straight, reminiscent of organ pipes. It can be seen by following the path for a few hundred metres beyond the main Causeway.
There were a lot of people there that afternoon and it was difficult to take photos without them! I did take loads of photos but I won't post them all! Mind you I'm enjoying reliving the whole experience again.
Reynisdrangar is a mystical place near Vik, located in southern Iceland. Several basalt pillars shoot straight up from the sea. The shore has basalt columns and a basalt cave. The sea is dangerous with sneaker waves. The tide might cut off your way out, so it is important to check the tide schedule before you walk beyond the basalt columns. We went there at 03:00 am in the morning, shortly before sunrise. We had about two hours before the tide came in.
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Nothing quite prepares you for such beauty in the midst of winter. The Aldeyjarfoss waterfall in Iceland flows around stunning basalt columns in this otherworldly landscape.
The basalt columns of the Stuðlagil appear very abstract when viewed vertically from above. In addition, there is the unreal color of the glacial river Jökulsá á Brú...
Beautiful Svartifoss Waterfall in Iceland. A very scenic hike in the Skaftafell National Park, South of Iceland.
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Gloppa crag in Jökulsárgljúfur canyon, Vatnajökull National Park, Iceland. The best way to explore the park is on foot, this crag with basalt columns is close to the trail between Hólmatungur and Vesturdalur.
This is Devils Postpile with some fall colors below the columns.
It is a set of 5 vertical hand-held cell phone shots stitched together using Lightroom, not the cellphone app. I enjoyed shooting for hours at this location because I was on a solo photo outing. The last time I was here it was with family and after 6 shots they were ready to go.😬
I first visited Svartifoss back in March 2012, but hadn't been for a few years, so decided to do the short uphill walk to see it again. When I first went it was possible to clamber over the rocks and get right up underneath the basalt columns, but with the influx of visitors the flora was getting damaged and now it's strictly one path in and out. This means that the options for composition are limited, but it's for the best. Hopefully with the lack of tourists in the past year it will have recovered a bit, and will continue to do so.
The Giant's Causeway is an area of about 40,000 interlocking basalt columns, the result of an ancient volcanic eruption. It is also known as Clochán an Aifir or Clochán na bhFomhórach in Irish and tha Giant's Causey in Ulster-Scots.
This is the smaller of the formations, but the easier one to walk along. I climbed the other, where Lindsey was sitting, and almost couldn't get back down.....I'm afraid of heights and it got to me just a wee bit.
The Reynisfjara black sand beach is one of the usual "touristy" stops on the south coast of Iceland. Here to see the basalt columns or the rocky sea stacks just off shore known as Reynisdranger it is certainly an amazing site! The site was also used in Game of Thrones season 7 in "North of the Wall". Local legend says the basalt columns were once trolls trying to pull ships from the ocean to shore. However, these trolls were dim and went out too late in the night; dawn broke on the horizon, turning the trolls into solid stone.
Washington State. USA.
March 2025.
The landscape of the Columbia Basin was formed by millions of years of large scale volcanic eruptions, layering volcanic basalt rock. During the Ice Age, Earth's largest flood ever carved deep coulees, pot holes and channels into these layers, forming the dramatic canyons and volcanic rock formations now present in the Columbia Basin. A landscape carved by fire and water.
Drumheller Channels is a less traveled site for observing the forces of the elements. I spent more than half a day photographing the area and did not run into a single human soul.
The best time to visit is March/April.
This part of the Giant's Causeway looks like its been piled up rather like a game of Jenga or Lego bricks. Its quite awesome and has amazed centuries of people. If you look closely at the seams on the left hand side you can see where people have tried to prise the blocks apart
It is estimated that there are at least 40,000 columns of basalt blocks in the area. You can see 8 here.
Not an original one, but one I really wanted to capture!
This is Stuðlagil basalt canyon in east Iceland. When I arrived at the car-park to do the hike on the south side of the river (with the better view) I counted the number of cars, and then counted the number of parties I passed on the way to the canyon, hoping that I'd get the opportunity to use the drone with no-one else there. I passed a few people and there were only two couples left when I got there, who were just leaving, so I was able to get the drone up for a few minutes to capture this shot before the next people arrived!
There was a DJI mini drone splatted against the top of one of the tall basalt columns on the other side which served as a timely reminder of the perils of drone flying - I was extremely careful and extremely relieved when I landed it safely!
Pretty please that I managed to get this, especially without disturbing anyone else too, which is one of my pre-requisites for flying the drone (except at the volcano where literally everyone was flying one!).
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La plage de Vík, au sud de l'Islande.
Vík beach, in the south of Iceland.
... dramatic geology. The basalt columns, famously displayed in the nearby Giant's Causeway, can be seen in the cliff face. Headlands and bays, beaches and scree slopes are in evidence ... not to forget the thin veneer of soil used in agriculture.
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A man stands atop The Giant's Causeway, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on Northern Ireland's north coast. It was formed around 60 million years ago when molten lava cooled rapidly upon contact with the sea, creating about 40,000 distinctive hexagonal basalt columns.
My favorite location from the Iceland trip was Reynisfjara black sand beach with the roaring Atlantic sea, perfect to shoot a long exposure :)
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This was taken recently on a trip to Ireland. It's at the Giant's Causeway at Antrim, Northern Ireland. We were blessed with good weather for most of our visit there.