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Devils Postpile NM

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Devils Postpile is a dark cliff of columnar basalt. The postpile was created by a lava flow, which was impounded by a moraine and reached a thickness of 500 feet. Because of its unusual thickness, much of the mass of the pooled lava cooled slowly and evenly, which is why the columns are so long and so symmetrical, forming almost perfect hexagons.

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Hexagonal basalt tiles, afternoon, Devils Postpile National Monument. California, USA ( color) Columnar basalt, afternoon,  Devils Postpile National Monument. California, USA ( color) Columns of  basalt, afternoon,  Devils Postpile National Monument. California, USA ( color) Blocks and columns of basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument. California, USA ( color) Hexagonal basalt colums, afternoon,  Devils Postpile National Monument. California, USA ( color)
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