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Cullernose Point, Northumberland

This looks quite good large : farm4.static.flickr.com/3351/3194085720_ac16fb789c_b.jpg

 

I seem to have had a dolerite obsession on a recent trip to Northumberland.

 

Dolerite is not the the most abundant rock in Northumberland (that would be sandstone) but it forms some of the most interesting locations within Northumberland. This is because either castles/priories/walls have been erected on top of it or gradual weathering over many centuries has caused chunks of rock to be taken out of exposed sections of dolerite cliffs which have been smoothed by the sea's relentless action, making for interesting foreground detail.

 

Just in front of the dolerite cliffs you can see a sandstone bed dipping into the sea at an angle of about 30 degrees. Just to the left of this scene is a flat sandstone bed with boulders either side and sandstone cliffs to the left. Somehow wave action has led to what seems like a naturally made path down to the water's edge (see picture below). Nature never fails to surprise me.

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Uploaded on January 13, 2009
Taken on December 17, 2008