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Hundreds of rare basalt columns resulting from lava flows that crystalized as they cool have been found in northwestern Turkey, creating a stunning landscape of geometric shapes jutting out of the ...

Sometimes natural processes can create surprisingly complex and regular patterns, fooling some into thinking they discovered the artifacts of a lost civilization. One striking example of such ...

VietNamNet Bridge – In a journey to Phu Yen a few years ago, I missed a chance to visit Da Dia basalt columns, one of the famous tourist attractions in the central coast province. So I decided to make ...

Climbing has been baned on the famous basalt columns in Armenia including Arpa Gorge and Garni Gorge. Up until recently one used to climb on some truly unique rock in Armenia, up hexagonal basalt ...

St. Mary’s Islands, a set of four small islands off the coast of Malpe in Udupi, Karnataka, is where you will find series of interlocking basalt columns. Millions of years ago, these formations were ...

Rare basalt columns, estimated to be over 6.5 crore years old, were discovered by a group of history enthusiasts in Bazar Hatnur forests of Adilabad district in Telangana. Geologists said that basalt ...

A columnar basalt rock pillar formed six crore years back from volcanic lava has been discovered during a road construction work at a village in Yavatmal district of Maharashtra, a leading geologist ...

HYDERABAD: Geological enthusiasts have identified ‘columnar basalt’ formations (naturally formed pillars of stone) on a small hillock inside the reserve forest area of Borilalguda village in Kerameri ...

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Talking to PTI, environmentalist and geologist Prof Suresh Chopane said, 'It is a rare natural rock called columnar basalt formed from the lava of a massive volcanic eruption in Maharashtra that ...