Figure 1. Columnar joints in the Traveler Rhyolite. Regularly spaced joints like these developed as the ash flow cooled slowly, causing it to contract. These are seen in a longitudinal view showing the length of the columns to be about a meter. On the upper surface, the columns are nearly hexagonal (like a honeycomb) in cross section.

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