Devils Postpile National MonumentMammoth LakesCA

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This impressive cliff of 60-foot-high columnar basalt was formed from a volcanic flow about 85000 years ago. As the lava cooledit fractured into tallhexagonal columns thatmany multi-centuries laterwere exposed by glacial action. At one time a part of Yosemite National Parkthe Devils Postpile now is included in the Ansel Adams Wildernesssouth of Yosemite.

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Location: Mammoth LakesCaliforniaUSA
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