Sea cliff nesting sites in the columnar basalt for sea birds such as kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Arnarstapi, Iceland

Basalt cliffs and rock stack, Halsenifs Hellir Beach, near Vik i Myrdal, South Iceland, Iceland, Polar Regions

Columnar basalt lava at Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

Columnar basalt lava with Fingal's Cave cut into it by sea, Staffa, off west coast of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Waterfall at Kilt Rock, famous basaltic cliff near Staffin, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Columnar basalt, Vikingbukta (Viking Bay), Scoresbysund, Northeast Greenland, Polar Regions

Columnar basalt, Vikingbukta (Viking Bay), Scoresbysund, Northeast Greenland, Polar Regions

Columnar basalt, Vikingbukta (Viking Bay), Scoresbysund, Northeast Greenland, Polar Regions

Svartifoss waterfall in the Skaftafell National Park, Iceland, Polar Regions

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Rock formation of columnar basalt, Devils Postpile National Monument, Mammoth Mountain, California, United States of America, North America

Hiker in open tundra and columnar basalt in Brededal, Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq, Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions

Amazing examples of columnar basalt on the southern coast of Disko Island, Kuannersuit, Greenland, Polar Regions

Arch of columnar basalt on the southern coast of Disko Island, Kuannersuit, Greenland, Polar Regions

Open tundra and columnar basalt in Brededal, Disko Island, Qeqertarsuaq, Baffin Bay, Greenland, Polar Regions

Svartifoss waterfall in the Skaftafell National Park, Iceland, Polar Regions

Giant seabird colony on the spectacular rock formation of columnar basalt, Skala Rubini (Rubini rock), Franz Josef Land archipelago, Arkhangelsk Oblast, Arctic, Russia, Europe

Entrance to Fingal's Cave, columnar basalt rock, Island of Staffa, Argyllshire, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Columnar basalt, Vikingbukta (Viking Bay), Scoresbysund, Northeast Greenland, Polar Regions

Columnar structures, created during cooling of basalt lava, with an intrusion or dyke of darker rock in the foreground, near Bombo Beach, Kiama, south coast, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Columnar basalt lava with Fingal's Cave cut into it by sea, Staffa, off west coast of Mull, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Zodiac cruises through a natural arch of columnar basalt on the southern coast of Disko Island, Kuannersuit, Greenland, Polar Regions

Columnar basalt, Vikingbukta (Viking Bay), Scoresbysund, Northeast Greenland, Polar Regions

Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Litlifoss waterfall, below Hengifoss, a waterfall surrounded by columnar jointing in the Basalt rock, near Egilsstadir, Iceland, Polar Regions

Zodiac cruising among columnar basalt in Hvalv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k Bay on the northern coast of Iceland

Zodiac cruising among columnar basalt in Hvalv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k Bay on the northern coast of Iceland

Columnar jointing in Basalt at Vik on Iceland's south coast, Iceland, Polar Regions

Zodiac cruising among columnar basalt in Hvalv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k Bay on the northern coast of Iceland

Zodiac cruising among columnar basalt in Hvalv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k Bay on the northern coast of Iceland

Zodiac cruising among columnar basalt in Hvalv�ï�¿�½�Â�¡k Bay on the northern coast of Iceland

Toketee Falls, North Umpqua River, Umpqua National Forest, Oregon.

Lower Proxy Falls, Three Sisters Wilderness, Cascade Mountains, Oregon.

Columnar basalt near the town of Hofsos, Iceland

Hallgrimskirkja Church with statue of Nordic explorer Leif Eriksson

Volcanic underwater bottoms. True seamounts can be seen in the image, a natural monument made of basaltic columns called a columnar disjunction. The highest point is about 15 meters below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and drops vertically to more than 40 meters at its deepest point. The place is known as La Rapadura on the coast of Santa Úrsula, north of the island of Tenerife. Seabed of the Canary Islands.

Volcanic underwater bottoms. True seamounts can be seen in the image, a natural monument made of basaltic columns called a columnar disjunction. The highest point is about 15 meters below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean and drops vertically to more than 40 meters at its deepest point. The place is known as La Rapadura on the coast of Santa Úrsula, north of the island of Tenerife. Seabed of the Canary Islands.

Volcanic underwater beds, Tenerife. The image shows the top of an underwater mountain formed by basaltic columns;columnar disjunction. Canary Islands.

Volcanic underwater beds, Tenerife. The image shows the top of an underwater mountain formed by basaltic columns (columnar disjunction. Canary Islands.