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Published: 2016-04-06 22:52:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 294; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 1
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This was from the trip to Mono Lake in 2013. Devil's Postpile National Monument. It was formed when a basalt lava cooled in a peculiar way. The phenomenon is called columnar jointing, where the lava cools into these hexagonal pillars.
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Cool photo!
It looks like they fall down a lot though, so don't stand too close!
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they don't fall down very often though. What you're seeing is an accumulation built up over thousands of years. Besides, this is with a telephoto lens.
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