The Giant's Causeway is not the work of men or monsters, but a natural consequence of how lava cools and solidifies, new computer simulations suggest. The causeway is a field of roughly hexagonal ...

Craic on: was the Giant's Causeway formed by collective cracking? The formation of the spectacular hexagonal stone columns at Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway and similar structures around the world can be ...

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Basalt columns, as seen in the staggering rock formations of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland (pictured), are produced by volcanic activity. As lava solidifies, it cools down from the top, ...

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The National Trust has issued a fresh plea to visitors of Northern Ireland’s Giant’s Causeway, urging them to stop pushing coins into the cracks of the site’s iconic basalt columns. What may seem like ...

Northern Ireland is home to the Giant’s Causeway, a collection of about 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns that protrude from the North Atlantic Ocean and lead up to the foot of a cliff. The UNESCO World ...