Columnar Basalt – Sea Stacks

Subject: Columnar Basalt, Black Sand Beach and Sea Stacks
Location: Reynisfjara, Iceland
Notes: When the surface of a lava flow is cooled rapidly, hexagonal patterns (columnar basalt) may form perpendicular to the flow direction. This black volcanic sand beach is at Reynisfjara, near Vik.

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