On 11-4-2019 18:38, Norbert Kern wrote:
> "Tor Olav Kristensen" <tor### [at] TOBEREMOVEDgmailcom> wrote:
>>
>> That's a nice image.
>>
>> Those images reminds me of these:
>>
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=tessellated+pavement&tbm=isch
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=hexagon+waterfall&tbm=isch
>> https://www.google.com/search?q=Giant%27s+Causeway&tbm=isch
>>
>> - and perhaps some pillow lava formations, but those are more irregular.
>>
>> --
>> Tor Olav
>> http://subcube.com
>> https://github.com/t-o-k/
> 
> Many Thanks for the links to this fantastic landscapes.
> Up to now I was thinking of an abstract, but...
> 
> And I didn't knew Seaqn Days nice image 'Giants Causeway' was based on a real
> landscape (https://www.renderosity.com/mod/gallery/giants-causeway/2450336/?p)
> 

Yes, and more than worth a visit - if you can avoid the tourists.... :-/

Personally, I am interested by the tessellated pavements which can lead 
to interesting and sometimes fantastic landscapes. Formed by 
semi-regular patterns of joints (fractures or cracks in rock not 
accompanied by dislocation).

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Joint_(geology)

-- 
Thomas

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