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Description Basalt columns in Yellowstone National Park.During the cooling of a thick lava flow, contractional joints or fractures form. If a flow cools relatively rapidly, significant w:contraction forces build up. While a flow can shrink in the vertical dimension without fracturing, it cannot easily accommodate shrinking in the horizontal direction unless cracks form; the extensive fracture network that develops results in the formation of columns.
Date 23 June 2008
Source Own work
Author Brocken Inaglory


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44° 53′ 49.60″ N, 110° 23′ 21.71″ W

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Camera manufacturer Canon
Camera model Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Exposure time 1/800 sec (0.00125)
F-number f/9
ISO speed rating 100
Date and time of data generation 15:55, 23 June 2008
Lens focal length 30 mm
Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 72 dpi
Vertical resolution 72 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS3 Windows
File change date and time 17:54, 28 March 2009
Y and C positioning Co-sited
Exposure Program Manual
Exif version 2.21
Date and time of digitizing 15:55, 23 June 2008
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Shutter speed 9.6438598632812
APEX aperture 6.33984375
Exposure bias 0
Metering mode Pattern
Flash Flash did not fire, compulsory flash suppression
Supported Flashpix version 0,100
Colour space sRGB
Focal plane X resolution 4,433.2953249715
Focal plane Y resolution 4,453.6082474227
Focal plane resolution unit inches
Custom image processing Normal process
Exposure mode Manual exposure
White balance Auto white balance
Scene capture type Standard
Supported Flashpix version 1
Image height 3,072 px
Image width 2,592 px
Date metadata was last modified 10:54, 28 March 2009

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