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Published: 2005-01-10 22:57:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 190; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 13
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This image was taken over Christmas 2004 at The Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland... a fantastic place, that is a one of its kind on this earth!Related content
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it's soooo beautiful.
i was just there(feel free to check out my pictures)
i loved it so much.
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Thanks... i certainly will check out your pics.
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AWWWWWWWWWW i have to go there this summer
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Have you got a snap like this? Post it!!!
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Oh i have many of them but in very low resolution
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Pop them in your scraps... i'd love to see them.
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The texture in this shot is awesome... are they unlevel cobblestones?
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The Giants Causeway is an area of Natural Beauty in Northern Ireland (and is often referred to as the 8th Wonder of the World)... below is a chunk from the official website about the place explaining how the rocks came into existance;
"The causeway was formed during the early Tertiary period some 62 - 65 million years ago over a long period of igneous activity. Three lava outflows occurred known as the Lower, Middle and Upper Basaltic. The causeway area would have been situated in an equatorial region at that time, experiencing hot and humid conditions. The hexagonal columns of the causeway occur in the middle basalt layer.
The fascinating pattern that we see in the causeway stones formed as a result of rock crystallization under conditions of accelerated cooling, this usually occurs when molten lava comes into immediate contact with water, as happens today in Hawaii, the resulting fast accelerated cooling process causes cracking and results in what we see today at the causeway."
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Thanks for the info! That place sounds fascinating.
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Beautiful. 
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so um...why is it again that you travel so much?
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Man you're fast!!!
I travel for work and for personal reasons... and where ever i go, i always take my camera.
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muhahaha.
that's so cool, though.
i'd love to be able to travel.
i'm graduating in may.
soon, my friend.
soon.
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Oh i've been all around this great world of ours... well... not everywhere... but some damn fine countries! And you know my top 2 favourite places are Scotland and Nepal!
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that's cool.
i've uh...been to Canada.
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haha.
i'm going on a cruise to alaska in june.
i can't wait for the photo opportunities then.
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Cool! Alaska looks beautiful! Can't wait to see the pictures that you will take there!
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