Pillow Lavas
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Pillow Lavas by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Pillow Lavas
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 23 May 2014
Pillow lava is formed when basaltic lava erupts under water. We have all seen film of red-hot lava bursting out and being solidified into a grey pillow before the next pulse of lava bursts out in its turn. These ones belong to the Copley Pillow Lava Formation in the Tyrone Igneous Complex. They were brought up from the ocean floor by tectonic movements.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.656852
Longitude
-7.006487