On our way from Ballyshannon to Belfast we took a big detour so we could go see Giants Causeway. We had seen this kind of columnar geology before in Iceland, but it wasn’t as accessible and right along the sea like this. We didn’t have a lot of time to explore, but we made the most of what we had. It was a very cool place to visit.

Thousands of dark hexagonal basalt columns extend into the sea as a lone figure walks along the elevated rocky formation under an overcast sky. Thousands of dark basalt hexagonal columns extending to the sea, with green coastal cliffs behind and visitors walking across the rocks Four people smiling for a selfie atop the hexagonal basalt columns with the Atlantic Ocean behind them Tourists walk and sit on a peninsula of interlocking basalt columns extending into the North Atlantic Ocean under a cloudy sky Tightly packed hexagonal basalt columns viewed from above, their grey tops worn smooth with pale mineral deposits at the centers Winding coastal footpath curving along lush green cliffs above a rocky shoreline, with hikers walking toward the camera Coastal cliffs covered in green grass drop steeply to a rocky shoreline along the North Antrim coast, with calm grey-blue sea stretching to the horizon