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CaliforniaMama 05-01-2012 09:42 AM

April 30, 2012 Geometric Waterfall
 
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A "geometric" basalt waterfall.

Photo location: Iceland

Photo by Lorenzo Cagol

via National Geographic

glatt 05-01-2012 10:06 AM

It's like an upside down Giant's Causeway.

infinite monkey 05-01-2012 10:20 AM

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It's like an upside down Giant's Causeway.

And look! Someone left cheezburgers for you and Dana! :)

limey 05-01-2012 01:03 PM

Haggis!

monster 05-01-2012 02:49 PM

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As you wish...

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Wombat 05-01-2012 06:24 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 809662)
It's like an upside down Giant's Causeway.

That's exactly what it is. There are several locations around the world with this kind of columner basalt formation, Giant's Causeway is one of them. I've been to one close(ish) to where I live: http://www.flickr.com/photos/darrenjan/3273101003/

Diaphone Jim 05-01-2012 07:01 PM

Not really chrystals, but contracted and shrunken lava, sort of like the bottom of a dried pond or lake.
In the Sierra Nevadas there is the Devil's Postpile where you can see the formation as columns from the side or pavers from the top.
The waterfall looks like an Inky Cap Mushroom.

sandypossum 05-02-2012 08:20 AM

Not trying to get into a VIC vs NSW competition here, Wombat, but we have one, too:
Organ Pipes National Park
It's quite close to Melbourne, where I used to live.

glatt 05-02-2012 08:28 AM

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We have a famous one too.
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infinite monkey 05-02-2012 08:38 AM

We Are Not Alone

Sundae 05-03-2012 10:31 AM

Geographical features made out of mashipots do not count. Sorry.

glatt 05-03-2012 10:36 AM

Ha! I went to google images see a picture of what a mashipot is, and it took me to one of your posts.

monster 05-05-2012 05:13 PM

Definitely a Sundaeism

Sundae 05-07-2012 05:25 AM

Mashed potatoes?

limey 05-07-2012 05:33 AM

We have some of this rock formation near us, too (and thanks for the Haggis, Monster!)


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