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Posted by: vikingmars May 9 2010, 07:40 PM

Here in Upper-Normandy, close to the City of Etretat, you will find one of the highest cliffs and capes alongside both sides of the Channel, being between 70m and 110m high.
Why did I put « Victorian » in the title ? Not only because there are capes and bays that remind of Victoria crater on Mars, but also because it was during the Victorian times that this place was very fashion to go for vacations from Paris. Now in the beginning of the 21st century, we see more and more people going to Upper-Normandy, because the natural landscapes are still devoid from any construction and environmental problems.
Why ? Its mainly because of the dangerous, treatcherous and quick sea erosion coming from the sea with an average of 30cm per year advance inside the cliffs (and up to 1 meter/year in some places after big storms). Look at the great landslide at the foot of the cliff in the 1st picture and the series of landslides in the 2nd picture : they occurred last year ! The cliffs are white because they are made of chalk.
Lots of birds, no more found in the rest of Europe, are nesting there and the crabs there are enormous (and tasty !).

The two "pillars" in the sea (hereabove) show where the cliffs were standing in 1750-1800...

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Posted by: climber May 9 2010, 08:21 PM

Merci Olivier, je me suis ré...galet (hum, un peu facile celle là...)

Posted by: Oersted May 13 2010, 09:54 AM

Magnificent photos! - Did you stitch them together? - What is your equipment?

You just made one guy want to go there...

Posted by: Ant103 May 14 2010, 08:43 PM

Hi Olivier !

Stunning pans, beautiful country

But, I will never change for "my" hills and calanques near Marseille

How's about the Cape Canaille, near Cassis. Taller than the Eiffel Tower, 400 m about.

Panoramic made by myself, at the summit of Carpiagne Hill in 2008.

Posted by: vikingmars May 16 2010, 02:29 PM

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Posted by: djellison May 16 2010, 03:16 PM

Lovely photos guys - but that's 11 meg of attachments in a single thread, and nothing to do with UMSF.

Someone has to back this stuff up you know.

Posted by: vikingmars May 26 2010, 04:54 PM

Thanks Doug.
You are right : thus, to give a support to your work, I made a GBP donation to your WONDERFUL UMSF site...
And may I advise everyone to do the same also to give a strong support the nice work our good friend Doug and his team of co-Administrators

Posted by: tedstryk May 26 2010, 06:53 PM

Beautiful! Oh, and too bad you weren't there at the time! You could have gotten a great time lapse sequence!

Posted by: djellison May 27 2010, 12:02 AM

That doesn't back stuff up. That pays for a server. What it takes to back stuff up is TIME. Could you give the admin team (and it's a team, not a person) some of that?

UMSF is not a for-hire personal photograph storage site.

Posted by: Phil Stooke May 27 2010, 01:51 AM

I'm sorry to say that, although the pictures are beautiful, this was not the place for them.

Phil