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Nikon FA
nikkor AI-s 18mm f/3.5 lens
fujicolor superia 100 (expired 2009)
December 2014, Châtelaillon-Plage et La Rochelle.
Processed and scanned at Nation Photo, Paris.
I had to read-up about these concrete blocks that protect our coastline, and found the information below courtesy of Claire Fulton:
"What started with the toss of bones in African child's play culminated in one of the world's most successful coastal engineering inventions. Dolosse - branching concrete blocks weighing up to 30 tons - are used across the globe to break up wave action. They were the invention of East London harbour engineer Eric Merrifield after a storm ripped into the Eastern Cape coast of South Africa in 1963 and tore off 60% of East London harbour's armour. Go to Eastern Cape Madiba Action Merrifield wondered if the breakwater would have been more resistant if it had not been solid and taking on the full force of the thundering surf on just one plane. He decided to reconstruct the breakwater using a "porous" design to dissipate the water's energy. Thus the dolos was born and a momentous novelty in harbour engineering took off."