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Victorian Capes (not from Mars) |
 May 9 2010, 07:40 PM
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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...  (OK - 5 pics deleted after the Administrator's comment on post #9) |
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May 9 2010, 08:21 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2922 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Merci Olivier, je me suis ré...galet (hum, un peu facile celle là...)
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May 13 2010, 09:54 AM
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Magnificent photos! - Did you stitch them together? - What is your equipment?
You just made one guy want to go there...
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May 14 2010, 08:43 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1621 Joined: 12-February 06 From: Bergerac - FR Member No.: 678 |
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.
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May 16 2010, 02:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
(OK - 2 more pics deleted after the Administrator's comment on post #9)
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May 16 2010, 03:16 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
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. |
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May 26 2010, 04:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1089 Joined: 19-February 05 From: Close to Meudon Observatory in France Member No.: 172 |
QUOTE (djellison @ May 16 2010, 05:16 PM)  ....Someone has to back this stuff up you know. 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
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May 26 2010, 06:53 PM
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QUOTE (vikingmars @ May 9 2010, 08:40 PM) Why ? Its mainly because of the dangerous and quick sea erosion coming from the sea (with 50cm per year advance in the the cliffs in some places). Look at the great landslide at the foot of the cliff in the first picture : it occurred last year ! Beautiful! Oh, and too bad you weren't there at the time! You could have gotten a great time lapse sequence! -------------------- |
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May 27 2010, 12:02 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14445 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
QUOTE (vikingmars @ May 26 2010, 09:54 AM) I made a GBP donation to your WONDERFUL UMSF site... 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. |
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May 27 2010, 01:51 AM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10255 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
I'm sorry to say that, although the pictures are beautiful, this was not the place for them.
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PDF: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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