Fig. 4. Surface elevation map from Exp. A, following the second rainstorm, after 21 d of drying. The surface elevations are presented in centimeters, with the hot colors denoting the highest elevations. Previous cracks (Fig. 3) are now the lowest elevations and vice-versa. In several cases, the centers of the previous prismatic columns formed reduced columns with cracks branching out.

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