Rock mass, Jar Island in Vansittart Bay, Western Australia.

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Geologists tell us that when the Kimberley land mass collided with the Australian continent roughly 1800 million years ago the "welding" process caused a great deal of folding and buckling of the sedimentary sandstone. This tortured rock is amply evident on Jar Island in Vansittart Bay, Western Australia.

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