Basalt, a photo from Rheinland-Pfalz, West

Photographer's Note

These are basalt columns photographed in the German low mountain range Westerwald, about 30 kilometres south of my city, Siegen. Highest mountain of Westerwald is Fuchskaute, 656 metres - not far away from here. The Devonian basement here in the northern part of the Westerwald - about 800 km˛ - is overlaid by volcanic stones, such as basalt and tuff. The volcanic activity here took place about 20 million years ago and the lava must have cooled down very slowly because this is the precondition for the generation of basalt columns. Please look also here.

In the surroundings of the small town Bad Marienberg there are several outcrops (quarries, river valleys or gorges) where one can see the column structure of the basalt very well. Basalt in former times was used in unimaginable quantities especially for the construction of streets and canals. For these purposes entire mountains were carried off.

In the workshop you can see two other pictures of basalt rocks taken around Bad Marienberg.

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mvdisco (17798) 2007-12-06 21:10

Hello Frank,
Ce soir, tu es mon voisin sur le site TE,:) une belle photo de cette roche volcanique (Balzac) belle prise de vue et composition ,excellent cliché Frank et note..
Mes salutations.
Michel

UnTrained (0) 2007-12-06 22:58

Guten Morgen Frank,
Du legst uns ja ganz schön schwere Brocken auf den Morgentisch und das war auch noch am Nikolaus. Ein Glück, dass sie nicht im Stiefel waren :-)
Die Verläufe und Oberflächen hast Du sehr gut abgebildet. Es wirkt wie ein gigantisches Puzzle. Ich überlege, ob etwas mehr um den Fels herum nicht noch reizvoller wäre.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

bracasha75 (24591) 2007-12-07 0:05

Halo Frank
Eine sher gute vorschtelung....
prima foto
Grus aus dem Serbien(???)
Schtimt(???)
Bratislav

jasmis (58653) 2007-12-07 2:10

Excellent didactic photo teaching us geology...
Fine photo with well preserved details.
Regards my dear friend from rainy Silesia.

eska (522) 2007-12-07 5:14

Hi Frank.
Good illustration to excellent note. Perfect choice of view angle allowing light to paint very well structure of rocks.
Colours and sharpness, depth of field perfect, no tilt either ;-).
Warmer, little snow in southern Ontario.
Chris
Warm greetings to you and your nice neighbours.

Nicou (193806) 2007-12-07 10:41

Hello,

Trčs belle vue intéressante ce ce pan de rocher, la pierre est vraiment toute morcelée, impressionnant cet amoncellement, on dirait presque que tout va se détacher, superbe.

Bravo et amitiés

Nicou

adelune (0) 2007-12-07 14:19

Ich liebe wirklich viel von dieser Art, die du hast die Sachen zu präsentieren! Ohne Verzierungen, und ohne Zugeständnis an einer "künstlerischen" Annäherung! Und solch die Stücke eines Puzzles du entdeckst uns Stück nach Stück was deine Welt ist! Herzlichen Dank für dieses Foto und für allen die anderen Frank! Bewunderung! alain

Budapestman (82620) 2007-12-08 1:09

Hi Frank,
Very impressive and spectacular premiére for this place and the composition is effective. Note is superb, Well done! Have a nice weekend
George

mrcrow (3993) 2007-12-11 1:57

this one really caught my eye...and in the bigger shot is quite a wonder..rocks are so interesting and their formations..i have seen a lot round the shores of lake galilee in the area of capernaum bethsaida and chorazin..its a good rock i believe for building and being dark doesnt show the dirt!!..:)
sunny and frosty here with temperatures maybe dropping as low as 1 celsius during the day
cheers
geof
basalt temple