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Images from the Carson-Iceberg Wilderness, Twin Lakes, Yosemite and the Owens Valley.

The Columns of the Giants, in the Stanislaus National Forest near Sonora Pass. The columns are formed when basalt cools, hexagonal crystals form and the rock cracks due to a temperature difference.

Devil's Postpile near Mammoth Lakes and Giant's Causeway in Ireland are similar.


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