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$18-Devils-Postpile.jpg - Devils Postpile National Monument. 100,000 years ago, A lava flow pooled to a depth of 400 feet and cooled very slowly. Cooling stress fractures formed these huge "crystals" of hexagonal columns. 10,000 years ago, a glacier quarried away this side of the formation.C:\MEDIA\SCANS\Vol 10 Hwy 395 Bike Trip 1974\1974-45 Blue Lake to Postpile$

18-Devils-Postpile \| Devils Postpile National Monument. 100,000 years ago, A lava flow pooled to a depth of 400 feet and cooled very slowly. Cooling stress fractures formed these huge "crystals" of hexagonal columns. 10,000 years ago, a glacier quarried away this side of the formation. C:\MEDIA\SCANS\Vol 10 Hwy 395 Bike Trip 1974\1974-45 Blue Lake to Postpile
Object Name: 18 Devils Postpile.tif \| Category: ENV \| Author: Alex Forbes \| Location: Eastern Sierras \| State/Province: California \| Country: United States of America \| Source: color slide scan \| Copyright: copyright by author \| Keywords: Camping and Hiking Landscape Nature Outdoors
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