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Gallery: Columnar Jointing

Columnar Jointing

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GigaPans that illustrate columnar jointing.

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Ron Schott
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November 17, 2012
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  1. Fifth in a series of pans of exposures of the Talcott basalt (early Jurassic age, ~200 million years old) in Meriden, CT The lower outcrop (Talcott basalt) isn't really pillowy here - the pillows outcrop more to the left of this pan. The distant upper outcrop (Holyoke basalt) is a slightly younger unit that exhibit...

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  2. A minette - a type of volcanic neck - also known as El Capitan.

  3. Beacon Rock State Park along Columbia River

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  4. We hit Devils Tower right after the Badlands, opting to skip stopping at Mt. Rushmore. Mt. Rushmore is an incredible feat of engineering and a great tribute to four undeniable american leaders but not a place I would regret not seeing... Although a bit anti-climatic after being in the Badlands, Devil's Tower was ...

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  5. An exposure of columnar jointed lava flows about 100 yards from the Sheepeater picnic area.

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  6. This GigaPan was taken on Compton Peak in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia. The view of the camera is looking roughly west back up the hill towards the peak. These columns are in Catoctin metabasalt and are arguably the best examples of columnar jointing in Virginia. Image made as part of the MAGIC project (Mid-A...

  7. ... along the shores of Kama Bay.

  8. Fossil Falls is in there, too.

  9. Devil's Tower

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  10. Whitney Falls occurs where Whitney Creek flows over a resistant 9,300 year old basaltic andesite lava flow. Melt water from the Whitney Glacier feeds Whitney Creek. The water in Whitney Creek is usually chocolate brown from the sediment eroded by the glacier and the creek as it flows down the northern flank of Mt Shast...

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