On the north coast of Northern Ireland sits an otherworldly rock formation known as the Giant’s Causeway. There, thousands of hexagonal stone columns of various heights rise out of the North ...

India boasts a wide variety of geo-heritage sites that give an insight into the geological history of our planet ...

Hexagonal rock columns elsewhere around the world are usually composed of dark-grey basalt with low silica content, while the High Island Formation is composed of light-coloured rhyolitic volcanic ...

The rocks mostly consist of diabase, a volcanic rock with the same mineral composition as basalt, ... joints – that form hexagonal patterns of upright stone pillars.

The towers likely date back 1.8 million years and were created during an ancient volcanic eruption, when the rock was still hot and “there was a lot of pressure in different directions.” ...

The towers likely date back 1.8 million years and were created during an ancient volcanic eruption, when the rock was still hot and “there was a lot of pressure in different directions.” ...

Guatemalan authorities evacuated around a thousand people on Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks. Residents with traumatic memories of a deadly ...

The towers likely date back 1.8 million years and were created during an ancient volcanic eruption, when the rock was still hot and “there was a lot of pressure in different directions.” ...

We now know that Beacon Rock was a cinder cone volcano that grew here inside of the gorge 57,000 years ago during the Ice Age. And yet, when you climb to the top of Beacon Rock, there are no ...