Saturday 10 January 2009

Giants Causeway- Eerily symmetric stacks of rock

Was at Giants Causeway in Norther Ireland recently. The rocks are hidden beyond a bend and are not revealed till you actually reach the spot. And man - what a sight to behold. Columns of hexagonal slabs stacked on top of each other. What is startling is the symmetry - every rock is honey comb cell shaped and how on earth are they of the same thickness? The scientific explanation states that following a volcanic explosion the molten lava solidified along the coast. But what explains the symmetry and precise dimensions. And seeing a columns of these cells stacked- surely this was nature's way of showing us how symmetric art should be

Amazing and bordering on disbelief - here's to Giants Causeway