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.
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.
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.
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.
Climbing through jumbled basalt.
Heather and me at Crack in the Ground with Zach behind us.
A panorama with Crack in the Ground in the foreground.
Interesting patterns in the basalt.
The bottom of the crack.
Daylight far above.
