April 30, 2012 Geometric Waterfall

CaliforniaMama • May 1, 2012 10:42 am
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[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="2"]A "geometric" basalt waterfall.

Photo location: Iceland

Photo by Lorenzo Cagol

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glatt • May 1, 2012 11:06 am
It's like an upside down Giant's Causeway.
infinite monkey • May 1, 2012 11:20 am
glatt;809662 wrote:
It's like an upside down Giant's Causeway.


And look! Someone left cheezburgers for you and Dana! :)
limey • May 1, 2012 2:03 pm
Haggis!
monster • May 1, 2012 3:49 pm
As you wish...

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Wombat • May 1, 2012 7:24 pm
glatt;809662 wrote:
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 • May 1, 2012 8:01 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 • May 2, 2012 9:20 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 • May 2, 2012 9:28 am
We have a famous one too.
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infinite monkey • May 2, 2012 9:38 am
We Are Not Alone
Sundae • May 3, 2012 11:31 am
Geographical features made out of mashipots do not count. Sorry.
glatt • May 3, 2012 11:36 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 • May 5, 2012 6:13 pm
Definitely a Sundaeism
Sundae • May 7, 2012 6:25 am
Mashed potatoes?
limey • May 7, 2012 6:33 am
We have some of this rock formation near us, too (and thanks for the Haggis, Monster!)
infinite monkey • May 7, 2012 8:49 am
Sundae;810465 wrote:
Mashed potatoes?


Ok...I just now got the joke. :blush: