Giants Causeway, Northern Ireland

An amazing natural attraction can be found in Northern Ireland. We are talking about Giant's Causeway - that's how locals call 40,000 basalt columns formed millions of years ago after a volcanic eruption. The structure looks very impressive. Columns located close to each other originate at the foot of the cliff and go into the sea forming some sort of springboard. The springboard is quite impressive; it’s 300 meters long and 150 meters wide.

The theory of emergence of pillars is quite logical and justified. Giant's Causeway is nothing, but a huge cracked basalt plateau. Orderliness of cracks and correct hexagonal pillars are also quite simple to explain. The reason for that was too rapid cooling of the plateau and the usual horizontal compression. The locals associate many beautiful legends with that causeway. According to the most common one, that was built by giant called Fionn MacCool specifically to challenge the one-eyed sea monster, Gaulle. The giant has managed to wangle an opponent; while running, he broke the trail, so its appearance today is far from ideal. Despite the fact that scientists have been able to suggest a logical theory of the origin, the path never ceases to attract thousands of travelers. Next - Great Blue Hole