Outcropping of Pillow Lava
Note the bulbous nature of the top half of this rock outcropping along the Green Gardens Trail near Old Man Cove: that rock is pillow basalt (pillow lava). The bottom half is a flow of columnar basalt. Both are part of the Ophiolite Complex at the Green Gardens
This image is from the presentation "Overland to the Rock - A Road Trip to Newfoundland via the recently completed Trans Labrador Highway - Green Gardens Backpack, Gros Morne".

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