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Portwrinkle, at the western end of Whitsand Bay in south-east Cornwall, is a traditional Cornish fishing village. The hamlet previously known as Port Wrickell has a tiny harbour, part of which is pictured, dating back to at least the 17th century when there is the first evidence of a pilchard store and processing works here. The impressive fish cellar walls still stand, located next to the harbour, although today they are incorporated into housing.
Known as ‘pilchard palaces’, such processing works are a reminder of the days when whole communities relied on ‘liquid gold’ for their income. The fortunes of everyone in villages like these rested on a brief period from the end of summer until early Autumn, when great shoals appeared off this coast. The pilchards were pressed and fish oil was sent to large cities like London to fuel street lamps, while the remainder of the pilchards were preserved in salt and exported to the Mediterranean.
With this international shipping trade already established fisherman started bringing small quantities of contraband goods ashore, alongside their catch. But what began as small-fry rapidly expanded and by the late 18th century around half of all the brandy consumed in Britain was being smuggled into this country through the southwest.
My interview on Google Local Guide Connect
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Cabo Espichel (lit. Cape Espichel) is a cape located to the west of Sesimbra, Portugal. Tourists are drawn there due to breathtaking views of its cliffs facing the Atlantic Ocean.
The location is famous for the a sanctuary complex (lit. Santuário de Nossa Senhora do Cabo Espichel), built extremely close to the edge of the tall cliffs, which includes a church still in use today.
Also famous, are the several dinosaur fossil trackways exposed in some of the now tilted Jurassic strata which form the cape's cliffs. It is said that local superstition interpreted the trackways as the path taken by the Holy Virgin ("Nossa Senhora") when riding a giant mule from the ocean and up the cliffs, which led to the eventual construction of the convent at that location.
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O Cabo Espichel está localizado em Portugal, a ocidente da vila de Sesimbra. É delimitado a sul e oeste pelo oceano Atlântico e a norte pela estrada nacional 379 e Ribeira dos Caixeiros. Na sua extremidade, vislumbra-se, vertiginosa e abissal, a BaÃa dos Lagosteiros.
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Standley Chasm, a narrow gorge in the West MacDonnell Ranges, located 50 km west of Alice Springs, Australia.
When I arrived there, the sun unfortunately disappeared behind the clouds, but the red colour of the cliffs was still very impressive.
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The cliffs here are rapidly eroding and sliding into the sea. These little plants hang on.
Compton Bay, Isle of Wight.
This photo shows how the kittiwakes live and breed in large, noisy colonies around our coast line, as you approach you are met with deafing cries of 'Kitt-ee-wayke -Kitt-ee-wake' this is also where there name is derived from, to me they have always been the 'elegant looking' gull, they are beautifull looking And this was taken at bempton where thousands nest.
Big Bend National Park, Texas - April 2014
Ektar 100 4x5, 210mm lens
1/30th at f22, no filters
These cliffs really tower over your head while standing in the Rio Grande. Here's a video of my Big Bend experience and a little look at life behind the lens: Big Bend National Park Video
Out for an early morning walk to enjoy the start of the fall colours in Southern Ontario. Mono Cliffs Provincial Park
Three Cliffs Bay takes its name from the three sea cliffs that jut out into the bay. Pennard Pill is a large stream which flows into the sea in the middle of the bay. Individual beaches make up the bay, they have their own names, including Pobbles Bay to the east of the Three Cliffs, and Tor Bay to the west. The beaches are separated at high tide but are accessible to each other at low tide on foot over the sands.
Morning light bathing the steep cliffs along the Cape Jogasaki coastline (Izu Peninsula, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan). These cliffs were formed when a lava flow from approx. 4,000 years ago struck the seawater surface and cooled creating columnar joints.
petrochelidon pyrrhonota
Parenthood.
Cliff swallow nest, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
AF-I Nikkor 300mm f/2.8D IF-ED + Nikon D300S
An RSPB reserve, Bempton Cliffs, on the Yorkshire Coast attracts half a million seabirds each year to raise their chicks. Other wildlife calls the reserve home too.
Taken with Lensbaby Composer, Edge 35 Optic.
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