BASALT COLUMNS created when LAVA hardens in a famous tourist destination located on the volcanic beach of VIK in Southern Iceland. - Stock-Fotografie

Horizontal photo of BASALT COLUMNS created when LAVA hardens. Photographed on the black volcanic beach of VIK in Southern Iceland, an internationally famous TOURIST DESTINATION. As lava cools to form basalt, it can crack in a hexagonal (or other) shape and form columns that can be 50 feet or more. Vik is a remote seaside village in Southern Iceland found South of the Katla volcano, in the Mýrdalshreppur Municipality.