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Looking at part of the riverbank during a leisurely tourist boat trip down the Li River near Guilin in the summer of 1984. Rugged limestone cliffs in the left-background contrast with what might at first glance appear to be a camouflaged Nazi Atlantic Wall gun embrasure c.1944 behind verdant foliage in the right-foreground. But this is an example of how the rock has fractured along straight-line bedding planes, perhaps being undermined water flowing along its foot at some undetermined time in the past. The resulting rubble on which the large fronded trees, bushes and other vegetation are sitting at the base of the cliff appears to show good examples of angular blocks that subsequently have probably fallen directly from the cliffs above. A possible cave and balcony railing(?) are above and to the left of the 'gun position'.
Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble bedrock, usually carbonate types such as limestone or dolomite. Subterranean rivers, cave systems and extravagant surface deformation due to weathering (all found along the Li River) are examples of some of the features found in karst scenery.
South China Karst, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is one of the world’s most spectacular examples of humid tropical to sub-tropical karst landscapes. It is a serial site spread over the provinces of Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and Chongqing and covers 176,228 hectares. It contains the most significant types of karst landforms, including tower karst, pinnacle karst and cone karst formations, along with other spectacular characteristics such as natural bridges, gorges and large cave systems. The Guilin Karst component in Guangxi province is located within Lijiang National Park and contains fenglin (tower) and fengcong (cone) karst formations.
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My wife and I went for a lovely walk down at Greenan Castle, this morning ~ all quiet apart from a another couple out walking! A little cold but a lovely sunny morning!!
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Took myself off for a short drive this evening round the coast to'get my head shired' after a hard day's work and stopped to see the evening sun on Dunluce castle. It was only as I turned to leave that I noticed the low sun had cast a huge castle shadow on the cliff on the other side of the inlet.
Nicer on black.
An eastbound BNSF train led by UP 6586-5690 and BNSF 7465 curve into the small canyon just east of Cliff (Pinecliffe), Colorado, on UP's Moffat Tunnel Sub, (Mile 36.5 from Denver) September 22, 2015. Photo by Joe McMillan.
The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, with pink thrift wildflowers blooming in the foreground.
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A mono rework of a colour image posted earlier.
Somehow, no visit to Bridgnorth is complete without a trip to the Cliff Railway - opened in 1892 and still going strong today.
Hood Rich through the snow after Harvest and we still stop to sleep outside of a Days Inn. Old habits die hard.
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Ex Stuarts of Carluke Volvo B9R Caetano Levante FJ11 MKP has been given a new home by Cliffs, High Wycombe, and was spotted in Brighton this afternoon, 7th July, 2019.
I timed my visit to Kynance Cove so that I would arrive in late afternoon for the light. Nearly everyone was leaving as I arrived so I had the place almost entirely to myself.