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The rugged limestone cliffs on the Great Ocean Road (Victoria, Australia) are a soft rock that experience constant erosion beginning 10-20 million years ago. The stormy Southern Ocean and blasting winds gradually eat the limestone, and form caves in the cliffs, which moves the cliff face gradually back.
These particular cliffs stand behind the 12 'Apostle' stacks, and thus are also gradually being eroded. Over enduring time, with erosion of the cliffs, new stacks (and new 'Apostles') will then slowly appear: thus, well illustrating the wonder of nature!
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This rather short cliff walk is located at First Summit (2,168 m) right above Grindelwald in the Bernese Oberland. It is very stable and not dangerous at all.
First and the cliff walk can best be reached by cable car from Grindelwald. The gondola ride takes 25 minutes and offers spectacular views.
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The cliffs at Hunstanton, Norfolk are famous for their colour bands.
The lowest dark brown layer was laid down in warm shallow seas 70 million years ago. It is 'carstone' made of sand and iron compounds. Local builders use it. The younger much thinner 'red rock' layer above it is chalk coloured with iron pigments. Above that is a thick layer of white chalk.
All contain fossils but frequent rock falls make it dangerous to be too close.
While waiting for the sun to set, we hiked on top of this limestone cliff where I captured Finding Fayette: A Ghost Town in the UP Michigan from an overlook directly across from the townsite.
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"This limestone cliff consists of vertical or near-vertical exposures of bedrock.
Like all of Michigan’s lakeshore cliffs, vegetation cover is sparse but abundant cracks and crevices combined with calcareous conditions result in greater plant diversity and coverage than on most other cliff types. "
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Hopefully will be able to visit these shores again very soon. It is the month that the camp site opens up
Ballintoy is a small village, townland and civil parish in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. Ballintoy is not far from Northern Ireland’s UNESCO-listed Giant’s Causeway, a beautiful formation of 40,000 basalt rocks. Equally beautiful is the nearby coastline, a picturesque blend of basalt cliffs, bright green grassy hills, and multicolored blues of the Northern Atlantic waters below.
Nikon Z 9, Sigma 60-600mm Sports lens, 600mm, f/6.3, 1/1600, ISO 1800. Bringing mud back for nest building. View Large.