Wave action on inclined sandstone cliffs on the south Shetland coast near Sumburgh Head - the bedrock in this is the Bressay Flagstone Formation - san

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Wave action on inclined sandstone cliffs on the south Shetland coast near Sumburgh Head - the bedrock in this is the Bressay Flagstone Formation - sandstone and argillaceous rocks which are interbedded. The sedimentary bedrock formed approximately 359 to 393 million years ago in the Devonian Period.

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Location: Sumburgh Head, Shetland, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Alan Morris / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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