[narlus]

Sylvan pathway, Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford

Closeup of hexagonal basalt rock, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim

Old Church, Glendalough, Co. Wicklow

 

[partsbara]

seems visitors to ireland visit the same places... i ve been to the causeway and glendalough.. nice photies again...

the missus and i are planning a visit to ireland before we leave europe... can t wait... hopefully i ll have the chance to catch up with a couple of my old mates in co. antrim

 

[Heidi]

Nice, those could be blown up, framed, and sold!

I WILL get to Ireland someday. My great grandma is from there, she was an indentured servant. My grandma is very steeped in the culture still and I am dieing to go over.

 

[Skookum]

Sylvan pathway, Lismore Castle, Co. Waterford

Did you happen to catch Robin Hood up in them tree's?

nice pikshores.

 

[narlus]

Nice, those could be blown up, framed, and sold!

I WILL get to Ireland someday. My great grandma is from there, she was an indentured servant. My grandma is very steeped in the culture still and I am dieing to go over.

heidi, let me know if there are any you want the full-sized original of and i'll send it to you.

what part of ireland was yr great-grandmom from?

 

[DieselX]

Ireland is going on my places-to-go list

 

[LordOpie]

I love the photos.

Closeup of hexagonal basalt rock, Giant's Causeway, Co. Antrim

For those that know both, is that the same geology stuff as Devil's Tower in Wyoming?

PS: Unless you're a climber, do not bother going to see the tower. Holy fookin' boring.

Did you happen to catch Robin Hood up in them tree's?

I visited the tree that the legend surrounds. It's friggin' huge (wide) with supports to hold it up from collapsing. Unless you've got kids, don't bother going cuz the touristy stuff is directed at children. I don't need another plastic sword and silly hat.

 

[TreeSaw]

Those photos are AMAZING!!!! I simply must go there. Thank you for sharing!!!!

 

[Ciaran]

Amazing! I'm goin' in October. I can't wait! And thanks to Narlus I have some advice on what to see and such.

 

[SkaredShtles]

Amazing! I'm goin' in October. I can't wait! And thanks to Narlus I have some advice on what to see and such.

Go to Galway, for sure!

-S.S.-

 

[special O]

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For those that know both, is that the same geology stuff as Devil's Tower in Wyoming?

PS: Unless you're a climber, do not bother going to see the tower. Holy fookin' boring............

both of those and devils postpile near mammoth all formed in similar ways. A volcanic explosion caused a release of low viscosity lava that flows easily and "floods" an area.

from my geology book: basalt layers appear to be formed of parallel, vertical columns, mostly six sided. This characteristic of basalt is called columnar structure or columnar jointing. The columns can be explained by the way in which basalt contracts as it cools after solidifiying. Basalt solidifies completely at temperatures below 1200C. The hot layer of rock then contunes to cool to temperatures normal for the Earth's surface. Like most solids, basalt contracts as it cools. The layer of basalt is easily able to accommodate the shrinkage in the narry vertical dimension; but the cooling rock cannot "pull in" its edges, which may be many kilometers away. Instead, the rock contracts toward evenly spaced centers of contraction. A hexagonal fracture pattern is the most efficient way in which a set of contraction centers can share fractures. Most columns are 6 sided, some are five or seven side.

Geology rocks. This is the best class I've taken in college. I would highly recommend learning more about it to anyone. It totally changes the way in which you look at the world around you.

 

[Ciaran]

Geology rocks. This is the best class I've taken in college. I would highly recommend learning more about it to anyone. It totally changes the way in which you look at the world around you.

Yes! A great reason to keep learning!