SOUTH AMERICAN PICTURES
FERNANDO de NORONHA Brazil's Lonely Island

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© South American Pictures/ Tony Morrison

Brazil, Fernando de Noronha. Columnar basalt on an islet points to the volcanic origin of the archipelago. Such formations are not exclusive to these islands. They are near perpendicular formations in ancient lava flows, often with this curious hexangonal shape.

 

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