It's a #bouldersundy with a big ol igneous rock for your enjoyment

It been a while since my last #bouldersundy post and I pass this killer rock on my daily bike ride so I thought I'd share it with Hive account@shasta and his #bouldersundy crew.

I live in the Columbia River Gorge and we are fortunate to have some exposed columnar basalt.

This lava cools slowly underground and that is how the columns form. Because of this most columnar basalt is not exposed.

Here is an example of some exposed columns from further down the path on my ride.

I digress, back to the boulder, which is basalt but not so columnar ;)

It is exposed on the top of a small rise.

I climbed up to try and get a view of the top but the sunrise was making it tough to get a good shot here.

And I just spent about 30 minutes playing with my camera filters so please enjoy...

A couple of my faves.

So if you are a #rockhound like myself then I recommend checking out Hive account@shasta and his Sunday tag #bouldersundy.