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markkeville

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Ernst August Pfaue 03/10/2021 10:30
Wunderbare Beleuchtung!

Gruß | Ernst August
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- markkeville 03/10/2021 11:56
  Dankeschon
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Dragomir Vukovic 03/10/2021 4:59
grand
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- markkeville 03/10/2021 9:55
  Thanks
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rootc 01/10/2021 12:18
nice image of an interesting geological formation
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- markkeville 01/10/2021 12:34
  I liked the sun shining on the golden-coloured rock.
  When I look it up - I discover this -
  The cliffs to the east of the harbour are composed of Bridport Sand Formation and Inferior Oolite. The Bridport Sands deposits were laid down in the Toarcian Age toward the end of the Early Jurassic; they are arranged horizontally with clear banding visible alternating between harder and softer material. The cliff's distinctive colour is a result of oxidisation of fine pyrite grains, resulting in limonite.
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  The cliffs form part of the "Jurassic coast" of Devon and Dorset.
  Mark
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- rootc 01/10/2021 14:26
  Sounds like you're a geologist. Myself I'm geophysicist.
  regards
  Norbert
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- markkeville 01/10/2021 15:04
  I have always been just a kind of geographer.
  I like rocks.
  But I don't really understand them.
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Hansi Rödig 30/09/2021 17:55
Wunderbares Foto! Kompliment!
grüße
Hansi Rödig
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- markkeville 30/09/2021 20:21
  Thankyou.
  You are very kind.
  It was a picturesque place.
  Mark
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