The sea stack Black Nab at sunrise in Saltwick Bay near Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK

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Black Nab is an outcrop of harder shale that has resisted erosion better than the surrounding rocks in Saltwick Bay south of Whitby on Yorkshire s east coast It is iconic because of its shape The shale that surrounds the rock is full of fine textures a consequence of the rock being formed by the compression of fine silt beds

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Size: 3433px × 5150px
Location: Saltwick Bay, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Robert Conley / Alamy / Afripics
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