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Columnar-jointed basaltic lava flow at the Narrows of the Grand Can...

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View across The Narrows of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. The lowest part of the cliff is composed of river-deposited gravel. Above that is a single columnar-jointed basalt flow overlain by glacial till.

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