Top 10 Famous Basalt Column Formations

Name: Top 10 Famous Basalt Column Formations
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2026-09-28
Duration: 2 min
Rating: 8.8

8.8

2026

Documentary

🇺🇸 English

Ten basalt-column locations across Northern Ireland, California, Iceland, Armenia, the Czech Republic, Jeju, La Gomera, Mexico and Penghu. Exact photographs show long pillars and polygonal column tops. Giant's Causeway: Kbaue39; …

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Giant's Causeway: Kbaue39; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D185E02F-_basalt_columns_giants_causeway.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Devils Postpile: James St. John; CC BY 2.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columnar-jointed_trachybasalt_%28Postpile_Flow%2C_Upper_Pleistocene%2C_82_ka%3B_Devils_Postpile_National_Monument%2C_eastern_California%2C_USA%29_16.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Svartifoss: Óðinn; CC BY-SA 2.5 ca; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ca/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Svartifoss.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Studlagil: Maxim Bilovitskiy; CC BY 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stu%C3%B0lagil_Canyon_1.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Symphony of the Stones: Diego Delso (1974–) Alternative names Poco a poco Description Spanish free-license photographer and Wikimedian Date of birth 19 May 1974 Location of birth Alicante Authority file : Q28147777 VIAF : 3616170939435815660001 creator QS:P170,Q28147777; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sinfon%C3%ADa_de_las_Piedras%2C_valle_de_Garni%2C_Armenia%2C_2016-10-02%2C_DD_25.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Panska Skala: Chmee2; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pansk%C3%A1_sk%C3%A1la%281%29.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Jusangjeolli: Dokaspar; Public domain (copyright holder dedication); https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jusangjeolli.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jusangjeolli.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Los Organos: Eafosan; CC BY-SA 4.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Los_%C3%93rganos.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Basaltic Prisms: Diego Delso (1974–) Alternative names Poco a poco Description Spanish free-license photographer and Wikimedian Date of birth 19 May 1974 Location of birth Alicante Authority file : Q28147777 VIAF : 3616170939435815660001 creator QS:P170,Q28147777; CC BY-SA 3.0; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prismas_Bas%C3%A1lticos%2C_Huasca_de_Ocampo%2C_Hidalgo%2C_M%C3%A9xico%2C_2013-10-10%2C_DD_06.JPG; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.
Daguoye: Mark Kao; CC0 1.0; https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Daguoye_Columnar_Basalt_reflection_in_water.jpg; resized and fitted to portrait frame; derived image retains the source license.