Wave action has worn the fine layers of Jurassic sandstones into textured bands. Laid down in shallow tropical seas this was the era of the dinosaurs

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Wave action has worn the fine layers of Jurassic sandstones into textured bands. Laid down in shallow tropical seas this was the era the dinosaurs started to dominate land, sea and the air

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Location: Scarborough, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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