This #underwater rock formation found in the #deepsea of the #PacificRemoteIslandsMarineNationalMonument is known as columnar jointing. Here you see #basalt rock formed from rapidly cooling #magma during an #eruption 80-100 million years ago. The columns form due to stress as the #lava cools and contracts. Once the crack develops it continues to grow perpendicular to the surface of the flow. Located south of the #HawaiianIsland archipelago in a remote area of the Pacific Ocean, the Monument is f

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Hands up if you have been to Columnar Basalt of Kg Balung Cocos, Tawau. ✋ These columns of rocks are volcanic rock called basalt. They have formed millions of years ago when basalt lava begins to cool at the bottom of the ocean and causes these rocks to form hexagonally extended columns. It's a unique destination that we think you should list this in your #TravelLater plan. 📽️ @thamrider 📍 Balung, Tawau #sabah #borneo #malaysia #tourism #photooftheday #nature #fun #photography #beautiful #ench

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