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A recently collapsed cliff on Hilbre Island. The eroded detail on this cliff was amazing but erosion is what erosion does!
Acapulco cliff diver at La Quebrada. The cliff divers literally jump off a rocky cliff for a tricky 148 foot (45 m) dive down into the sea below.
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It's hard to miss an eruption of Cliff Geyser in Black Sand Basin. Eruptions often occur just a few minutes after the previous one. Unlike many other geysers, Cliff erupts when the crater is empty, and stops when it is full. Active periods are fun to watch, as Cliff pumps jets of water 20 to 40 feet into the air in rapid-fire bursts, sending waves of water over its geyserite "cliff" into Iron Creek.
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.
The hard chalk cliffs at Bempton rise are relatively resistant to erosion and offer lots of sheltered headlands and crevices for nesting birds. The cliffs run about 10 km from Flamborough Head north towards Filey and are over 100 metres (330 ft) high at points.
The Cliffs are 702 feet high at the highest point and range for nearly 5 miles over the Atlantic Ocean.
From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.
They are home to one of the major colonies of cliff nesting seabirds in Ireland. The area was designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA) for Birds under the EU Birds Directive in 1986 and as a Refuge for Fauna in 1988.
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Le Scogliere di Moher (Aillte an Mhothair, che significa "scogliere della rovina", in gaelico irlandese e, spesso non tradotto, Cliffs of Moher in inglese) sono impressionanti e suggestive scogliere a picco sul mare situate vicino il villaggio di Doolin sulla costa occidentale del Clare, contea della Repubblica d'Irlanda. Famosissima meta turistica celebre in tutto il mondo, è uno dei luoghi più visitati dell'isola d'Irlanda. Il punto più alto delle scogliere, che sono lunghe circa otto chilometri, raggiunge i 214 metri d'altezza sull'Oceano Atlantico, mentre la propaggine più meridionale, Hag's Head ("Capo Hag") scende a 120 metri.
Il punto d'incontro tra Oceano Atlantico e l'Irlanda, un luogo dove davvero si comprende il significato di parole come "finisterrae". Aggiungete la luce del tramonto, e lo spettacolo è servito!
Early a.m. near Point Bonita Lighthouse in Marin. This is one very steep cliff - you can see the black beach straight down. I was shooting long exposures by myself in the dark here and the gusts of wind made me get low and grab some iceplant on a few occasions.
Anasazi cliff homes.
Location: Mesa Verde National Park (outside of Cortez, Colorado).
Ancestral Puebloans
Remains of the original settler's house, Cliff Dwellers, Vermillion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona. In 1920 Blanche and Bill Russell established a small trading post at Cliff Dwellers, after crossing the Colorado River at Lees Ferry. The remains of their original home is now occupied only by rattlesnakes and the occasional rodents, although souvenir sellers find it a lucrative spot to set up a stand. For many years it served as a restaurant, bar, and gas station, serving ranch hands driving cattle to the Arizona Plateau, and travellers heading to and from Navajo Bridge near Lees Ferry, the only crossing of the Colorado River for many miles. In the 1950's a new lodge was opened a few miles down the road, and the old Cliff Dwellers settlement was left to decay gradually while travellers along Route 89 stop to marvel at the huge boulders that form part of the building.
I found this information from this website: www.lensandbrushes.com/Vermillion Cliffs.htm So, thanks to them for the interesting story.