Golden Wall

[Rajan Parrikar]

Wall of columnar basalt in Jökulgil, Iceland. From my latest blog post..

[Tony Jay]

I really like the textures in #1.

BTW where I am, in SE Queensland all the basalt is as black as night - and there is plenty to see here.

Tony Jay

[luxborealis]

Beautiful, particularly the first.

[Jens Peermann]

Both are interesting, #1 is art. Very nice!

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

Neat shots again Rajan.
All the basalt I saw in Iceland was the usual black kind. Leave it to you to find the color variant.
I gather from your blog that this is somewhere near Landmannalaugar, which certainly has lots of colorful rocks.

Eric

[francois]

I love the first one. It's almost abstract.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Interesting stuff, perhaps the colour is due to alteration of the rock? Reminds me of sulphur.

[stamper]

Beautiful, particularly the first.

Agreed!

[Bob_B]

+1; especially the first

[sdwilsonsct]

+1; especially the first

A fine abstract.

[NancyP]

I really like #1 as abstract, but #2 puts it in context and is quite interesting in its own right. These are fascinating geological structures. Do birds nest on the little "shelves" flat tops of the basalt columns?

[Rajan Parrikar]

Thank you, all.

Nancy - yes, the second one provides context.

Eric - it is one of those 'known unknowns' (why does that phrase remind me of Rumsfeld?). There is a published photo of it in the book Fjallabak Nature Reserve (photo credited to Daníel Bergmann). Motorized access is possible into this area only once a year during the sheep roundup in Fall.

[Rajan Parrikar]

Paulo - this region is a marvel in Rhyolite colours. There is an unbelievable ridge (Sveinsgil) that is GREEN that unfortunately I couldn't get to. It is an arduous hike to get to it (probably technical, and beyond my ability) and it was raining, so we didn't even try.