These rock columns are along the eastern shore of Crowley Lake, east of the Sierra Nevada, in California. Geologists believe this feature is the result of a lava flow that had rain or snow fall on it while it was still liquid causing the rock to solidify in a somewhat regular pattern. You can see the tops of the columns standing above the ground level. The dark line on the columns indicates the water level of the lake earlier in the season during the spring runoff. The columns appear to be disk-shaped rocks stacked on top of each other and you can see all the disk-shaped rocks from eroded columns make up the shoreline. Getting here required driving a rough dirt road and hiking a steep slope for 200 yards. Others had to park farther away and walk a mile on the road to get here. You can also boat across the lake from the west side to the east side to get here. This is a panoramic shot taken with a Samsung A52 set at ISO set for Auto, f1.8, 24 mm equivalent focal length. Below is a shot with Rick between columns for size comparison. You can see the upper parts of these columns are still in rock matrix while the water from the lake has eroded away the matrix where he's standing.
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