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California's Gold with Huell Howser
Devils Postpile
Surreal, awesome, unbelievable, weird? These are just some of the words that come out of your mouth when you view the Devils Postpile. Located in the Eastern Sierras, this formation is one of nature's true masterpieces. Towering 60 feet over the San Joaquin River the postpile looks like a huge cathedral pipe organ built entirely of stone. The postpile is actually composed of thousands of columns of fine-grained, black-colored basalt. 100,000 years ago cooling molten rock contracted, creating perfect cracks. As gravity pulled on the face it created thousands of columns and the postpile was born.
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28:20
Huell travels to Central California to visit the 80 acre Masumoto Family Farm.
24:29
Huell travels to the Mojave Desert's El Mirage Dry Lake to witness land sailing.
24:29
Huell travels to the Mojave Desert's El Mirage Dry Lake, one of the world's best spots for land sailors.
27:03
Huell sails aboard the state’s official tall ship, Californian.
28:22
Huell tracks down Point Fermin's beautiful glass Fresnel lens.
27:07
Join Huell as he hikes high up in the Eastern Sierra to visit the Conness Glacier.
26:32
Huell travels to the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to see some rock art.
26:12
Huell spends the day in Granite Bay California learning the ancient art of Hoshigaki.
27:19
Huell visits Costa Mesa and sees how far its come from its start as a bean field.
27:44
In Long Beach, Calif., there’s a 42-acre collection of oilfield islands.
27:22
The Warnors Theatre, a Fresno landmark that opened in 1928, houses a unique pipe organ.