{"id":537,"date":"2012-10-06T14:10:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-06T14:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=537"},"modified":"2023-05-20T20:41:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T20:41:04","slug":"devils-postpile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=537","title":{"rendered":"Devil&#8217;s Postpile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While in Lone Pine we drove to Mammoth to see the Devil&#8217;s Postpile.\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure everyone has seen pictures of this strange\u00a0but natural occurrence of lava that cooled and then fractured into vertical columns and now are exposed to view.<\/p>\n<p>The area wasn&#8217;t as big as we thought it would be but was very awe-inspiring.\u00a0 On the way back to the parking area we stopped to see a small falls area from a bridge and were surprised to see more columns, this time not quite vertical but still very strange.\u00a0 There&#8217;s one picture of this formation below as well as the actual Devil&#8217;s Postpile:<\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped>.rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner{\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 50px auto;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50px;\n\t\t\t\theight: 40px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\tfont-size: 10px;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner > div{\n\t\t\t  background-color: #333;\n\t\t\t  height: 100%;\n\t\t\t  width: 6px;\n\t\t\t  display: inline-block;\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation: rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935dae-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\n\t\t\t  animation: rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935dae-stretchdelay 1.2s infinite ease-in-out;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner .rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect2 {\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.1s;\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.1s;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner .rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect3 {\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -1.0s;\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -1.0s;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner .rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect4 {\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -0.9s;\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -0.9s;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner .rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect5 {\n\t\t\t  -webkit-animation-delay: -0.8s;\n\t\t\t  animation-delay: -0.8s;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t@-webkit-keyframes rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935dae-stretchdelay {\n\t\t\t  0%, 40%, 100% { -webkit-transform: scaleY(0.4) }  \n\t\t\t  20% { -webkit-transform: scaleY(1.0) }\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t@keyframes rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935dae-stretchdelay {\n\t\t\t  0%, 40%, 100% { \n\t\t\t    transform: scaleY(0.4);\n\t\t\t    -webkit-transform: scaleY(0.4);\n\t\t\t  }  20% { \n\t\t\t    transform: scaleY(1.0);\n\t\t\t    -webkit-transform: scaleY(1.0);\n\t\t\t  }\n\t\t\t}<\/style><div class=\"robo-gallery-wrap robo-gallery-wrap-id7548 robo-gallery-grid\" ><div id=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935dae-block-loader\" class=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeSpinner\"><div class=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect1\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect2\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect3\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect4\"><\/div> <div class=\"rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935daeRect5\"><\/div><\/div><div id=\"robo_gallery_main_block_rbs_gallery_6ad4f97935dae\" class=\"robogallery-gallery-7548\" style=\"width:100%; 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The area wasn&#8217;t as big as we thought it would be but was very awe-inspiring.\u00a0 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/?p=537\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Devil&#8217;s Postpile<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":541,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-8-lone-pine-gateway-to-mt-whitney-ca","category-wherenow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=537"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7550,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537\/revisions\/7550"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/541"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retired-openroad.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}