Crack in the Ground

 

 

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After a rather eventful adventure down what turned out to be a farm access road with some extremely deep and large mud puddles, we arrived at Crack in the Ground.

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Crack in the Ground is a strange geologic formation where a layer of basalt cracked to form a fissure that runs between 20 and 100 feet deep.  If a person stands more than about 50 feet away from the fissure, the person would never know that the crack even exists.

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We descended into the crack.  At several points along its length, the sand and dirt has intruded and enough basalt has collapsed to allow entrance.

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Big columns of basalt have wedged into interesting positions in the fissure.  This place reminds me a great deal of Þingvellir and Miðlína in Iceland.


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Climbing through jumbled basalt.


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Heather and me at Crack in the Ground with Zach behind us.


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A panorama with Crack in the Ground in the foreground.


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Interesting patterns in the basalt.

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The bottom of the crack.

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Daylight far above.


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