Your stunning photographs always make me stop and stare, stop and think, stop and feel. Thank you so much.

Of course, erosion played a role. So cool and peaceful. I dug up clams on the beach in Washington state circa 1965 or so. It was fascinating.

Apparently, they are the basaltic remains of eroded lava flows . . .

. . . from Eastern Oregon!!

It's hard to get my arms around the massive scale of the volcanic events resulting in their creation.

Apologies for not looking it up earlier but then we wouldn't have had this short and nice convo! Cheers