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Extreme Geology: The Giant’s Causeway, Ireland and Staffa, Scotland
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These amazing basalt columns cane be found on Staffa, Scotland, and Giant’s Causeway in Nothern Ireland. These geological structures formed from volcanic activity over 50 mya where the slow cooling of basalt creates the hexagonal columns you see today. The process which creates such stunning hexagonal columns is called “columnar jointing”; a process where the basalt rapidly cools from the outside towards the centre, causing it to contract and form these structures.

∞Posted on January 28, 2012

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    OH HEY! I’ve been here. I was hanging out in Belfast waiting for my flight to Amsterdam and I had a day to kill. I made...
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    I’ve been there! It’s as impressive, weird and beautiful as it looks :D.
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    I’ve always found these structures really fascinating. :o
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    How do I keep forgetting that this place exists?
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    I used to live near(ish) to the Giant’s Causeway. It’s absolutely amazing. My Mamma used to tell me the story of how the...
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