Walking round the cliffs the other day I looked down at the ebbing sea and the rocks it was leaving in its wake. I love the way you can see the layers in the rocks, the way water lies in fingers in the more eroded gaps between layers. It is awesome to think that these layers are actually lying on their sides; that millions of years ago the layers were horizontal and one on top of each other. And that, even before that, each layer was formed from compressed and eroded shells and stones. That once what is now rock was living.
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6 comments:
Good old Gower limestone.
Your photo really captures the power of the sea as it erodes the coastline. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from California. Linnea
Wonderful .. I am in a food mood, and I see cake with dripping frosting .. LOL
Lovely :-)
Makes one think of one's own significance what with the thousands of years of history you are bringing to bear with your photo.
Wonderful lines and patterns. I do so agree about the various strata we see around - geology is fascinating.
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