View Of Devil's Tower, A Basalt Outcrop
by Science Photo Library
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View Of Devil's Tower, A Basalt Outcrop
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Science Photo Library
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Photograph - Photograph
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Devil's Tower. View of Devil's tower, a basalt outcrop in Wyoming, USA. A faint rainbow is seen to its left. This massive rocky tower rises almost 300 metres above the plain. It was formed by the cooling of a plug of underground magma (molten rock) produced by a volcano around 60 million years ago. Erosion of the softer surrounding soil and rock over the centuries slowly exposed the hard rock, causing it to project above the surface.
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May 2nd, 2013
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