321-4443 - Dawn over Embleton Bay with basalt boulders in the foreground and the ruins of Dunstanburgh Castle in the background, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

797-939 - SYRIA Central Hama Wooden norias or waterwheels on the Orontes river and the Al Nuri Mosque dating from 1172 and built of limestone and basalt. Section of wheel in the immediate foreground.

797-938 - SYRIA Central Hama Wooden norias or waterwheels on the Orontes river. Part view of wheel section in the foreground framing the Al-Nuri Mosque dating from 1172 and built of limestone and basalt.

797-937 - SYRIA Central Hama Wooden norias or waterwheels on the Orontes river and the Al-Nuri Mosque dating from 1172 and built of limestone and basalt. Large section of a wheel in the immediate foreground.

797-936 - SYRIA Central Hama Wooden norias or waterwheels on the Orontes river and the Al-Nuri Mosque dating from 1172 and built of limestone and basalt.

698-2414 - Hexagonal basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Bushmills, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

698-2413 - Hexagonal basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site and Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Bushmills, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

698-2408 - Hexagonal basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Bushmills, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

698-2407 - Hexagonal basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Bushmills, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

698-2406 - Hexagonal basalt columns of the Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, and Area of Special Scientific Interest, near Bushmills, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-825 - Slopes of the Quiraing, a geological wonder, its distinctive features resulting from landslips of basalt lavas upon softer sedimentary rocks beneath, northeast coast of Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-801 - Slopes of the Quiraing, a geological wonder, its distinctive features resulting from landslips of basalt lavas upon softer sedimentary rocks beneath, northeast coast of Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-776 - Basaltic cliffs dominating Raasay Sound, east coast of Skye, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-775 - Basaltic cliffs dominating Raasay Sound, east coast of Skye, Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-867 - Castle Hill, basalt core of an extinct volcano, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

700-11737 - Seychelles, La Digue Island, Source D'argent (Silverspring) Beach Characterized By Huge Basaltic Rocks And Turquoise Lagoon

700-11729 - Seychelles, La Digue Island, Source D'argent (Silverspring) Beach Characterized By Huge Basaltic Rocks And Turquoise Lagoon

770-93 - Eshaness basalt cliffs at dusk, Eshaness, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-139 - Eshaness basalt cliffs at dusk, Eshaness, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-296 - Sunset at Eshaness basalt cliffs, with Moo Stack on left, and deeply eroded coast with caves, blowholes and stacks, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-289 - Eshaness basalt cliffs, deeply eroded with caves, blowholes and stacks, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-90 - Sunset over Eshaness basalt cliffs, Eshaness, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

770-285 - Eshaness basalt cliffs, Calder's Geo, ancient volcanic crater, coast deeply eroded with caves, blowholes and stacks, Northmavine, Shetland Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

777-858 - The Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

777-857 - The Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

252-11210 - Svartifoss (Black Falls) waterfall, its name originating from the overhanging black basalt columns, Skaftafell National Park, southern Vatnajokull, Iceland, Polar Regions

698-2126 - Tourists at Svartifoss waterfall, with basalt columns, Skaftafell National Park, South area, Iceland, Polar Regions

586-1296 - Sea cliff nesting sites in the columnar basalt for sea birds such as kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla), Arnarstapi, Iceland

367-2190 - Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe

367-2194 - Giant's Causeway, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, UK, Europe

485-5935 - The Giant's Causeway, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

485-5940 - The Giant's Causeway, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

29-838 - Mount Vesuvius seen from the ruins of Pompeii, buried in the ash flow of the eruption of AD 79, Columbus basalt lava marble and brick, Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage site, Campania, Italy, Europe

321-3894 - An imposing silhouette of Dunstanburgh Castle against a magnificent sky at sunrise with a beach of basalt boulders in the foreground, Embleton Bay, near Alnwick, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, Europe

252-4317 - Giant's Causeway on the Causeway coast, 37,000 hexagonal basalt columns, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

83-11476 - School bus near Kaimu buried in the 1988 basalt lava flows that covered a large area of the south east Puna coast and cut highway 130, Big Island, Hawaii, United States of America, North America

206-842 - Tessallated pavement design from basalt, marble and limestone, Praca de Sancho, Portugal, Europe

29-4664 - Kailasa Hindu temple, 1200 years old, carved in in-situ basalt bedrock, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

197-5449 - Entrance to Fingal's Cave, columnar basalt rock, Island of Staffa, Argyllshire, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

485-5918 - The Giants Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Co. Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

485-5924 - The Giants Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Co. Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

367-2195 - Giants Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

485-5919 - The Giants Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Co. Antrim, Ulster, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

29-4666 - Lonar meteorite crater, world's only impact crater in basalt, Deccan plateau, Maharashtra, India, Asia

29-4662 - Buddhist cave temple, 1500 years old, carved in in-situ Deccan basalt, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

29-1407 - Ofaerufoss, the waterfall over basalt at Eldgja, after collapse of rock bridge, in Iceland, Polar Regions

110-20417 - Nuraghe Santu Antine, near Torralba, also known as Nuraghe Majore, basalt, Sassari province, island of Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

166-4133 - Staffa, Inner Hebrides, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

29-4665 - Kailasa Hindu temple, 1200 years old, carved in in-situ basalt bedrock, Ellora, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

29-4824 - Recent pahoehoe basalt lavas, Erte Ale volcano, Danakil Depression, Ethiopia, Africa

29-4663 - Cave temples, 1500 years old, carved in basalt cliff above Waghore River, Ajanta, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Maharashtra, India, Asia

724-1027 - The Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Europe

698-2155 - Svartifoss waterfall with basalt columns in Skaftafell National Park, South area, Iceland, Polar Regions

110-20418 - Nuraghe Santu Antine, near Torralba, also known as Nuraghe Majore, basalt, Sassari province, island of Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

197-5341 - Staffa, island of basalt columns, Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

759-3069 - desert, Djibouti, Djibuti, Africa, Afar Triangle

759-3067 - Plants in the desert, Djibouti, Djibuti, Africa, Afar Triangle

759-3063 - Plants in the desert, Djibouti, Djibuti, Africa, Afar Triangle

759-3066 - Plants in the desert, Djibouti, Djibuti, Africa, Afar Triangle

759-3068 - desert, Djibouti, Djibuti, Africa, Afar Triangle