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Basalt columns in The Great Face on Staffa
The huge basalt columns of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The hexagonal basalt columns formed due to the steady cooling of flows of volcanic lava as they came into contact with the colder tuff bedrock (compressed volcanic ash and dust). Above the columns is a layer of basaltic lava composed of shattered columns and volcanic debris.
Created: July 18, 2018
Author: Joan Martin
© Joan Martin (PHOTO NORTH). All Rights Reserved.
Photograph keywords: basalt, basalt columns, basaltic lava, geological, geology, hexagonal, Inner Hebrides, lava, Scotland, Staffa, tuff, volcanic
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