Close up of the cliff at Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK, showing the layers of oil shale, mudstone and limestone.

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Size: 6256px × 4171px
Location: Kimmeridge, Dorset,UK
Photo credit: © Hazel Plater / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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