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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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Cliff Palace is the largest cliff dwelling in North America. The structure built by the Ancient Pueblo Peoples is located in Mesa Verde National Park in their former homeland region.
According to a sign at the viewpoint:
The canyon varies from 800 to 1200 feet in depth and from 1500 to 4000 feet in width. Its length is about 24 miles. The upper 2½ miles is the most colorful section. Hot spring activity has continued through the ages altering the lava rock to produce lovely colors which are largely due to varied iron compounds. Have you noticed that steam vents and geysers are still at work on the canyon walls?
in Geirangerfjorden on our camping trip last summer. Can't wait to go again!
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The up to 118 m high cliffs in the Jasmund National Park occasionally collapse, resulting in massive landslides and uprooted trees. Late last year, a 10 year old girl has tragically died in a landslide at nearby Kap Arkona, and hiking along such cliffs leaves me lost somewhere between adoring their beauty and being scared.
Vertical cliffs, Faroe Islands.
Faroe Islands are rugged and rocky, the coasts are mostly cliffs. Spectacular dramatic sea cliffs are a common element of the coast, with some of the highest in the world. An other common element is water. Rivers and streams are continuously fed by frequent rains caused by an instable climate originated from the position of the archipelago, in the middle of the Atlantic ocean, in the path of depressions moving north-east. Stunning waterfalls can be found everywhere on the islands creating a suggestive, fashinating and wild landscape.
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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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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 puffins are a great bird to watch. They are either standing about or constantly darting overhead collecting food for their young.
You can see them emerge from their burrows, stretch their wings and launch off in to harsh looking sea.
Then you'll see another swoop in with some sand eels, touch the ground for a split second and then shoot into their burrows before the gulls rob them of their eels.
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A few shots of Guillemots from Bempton several weeks ago, sadly the chicks had all jumped of the cliffs to swim out to safety
Taken on a walk from Crowlink to Birling gap and the Seven Sisters, returning to Friston, East Sussex.
The Cliffs of Moher in Ireland, with pink thrift wildflowers blooming in the foreground.
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