Pictured here is the Giant’s Causeway – a region of basalt columns, created 50-60 million years ago during the Paleogene. The typical polygonal form of the bedrocks, a product of active volcanic processes from the past, is well underlined by the sunset’s light; that’s why I took the photo in the late evening. The separate cracks are extended by weathering over time and are filled eluvi ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Sunset on the Giant’s Causeway
Sunset on The Giant's Causeway. Credit: Osip Kokin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)