Columnar Jointing
Columnar Jointing

Looking over a section of Columnar Jointing at Terynn Bluffs.
Grib Coch in the background.
The joints arise when a pattern of tensional forces is set up in a layer of lava as it contracts
on cooling. The forces tend to pull open a series of hexagonal fractures.

Ref: NW 2825

Date: 01/12/2023

Location: NW 6431 5464

Columnar Jointing

Looking over a section of Columnar Jointing at Terynn Bluffs.
Grib Coch in the background.
The joints arise when a pattern of tensional forces is set up in a layer of lava as it contracts
on cooling. The forces tend to pull open a series of hexagonal fractures.

Ref: NW 2825

Date: 01/12/2023

Location: NW 6431 5464