CEREAL CROP BEING GROWN CLOSE TO SOFT SANDY CLIFF EDGE WITH BEACH SEA DEFENCES BEHIND HAPPISBURGH NORFOLK ENGLAND

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EVERY YEAR THE FARMER ROTATES HIS CROP AND PLANTS A SET DISTANCE FROM THE CLIFF EDGE AT THE TIME OF PLANTING. HE KNOWS SOME LAND WILL BE LOSY EACH YEAR AND ALLOWS FOR THIS WHEN 5 TO 10 METERS GAP . WHAT THESE IMAGES GRAPHICALLY SHOW IS THE EROSION OF THE CLIFF FROM THE TIME OF PLANTING IN THE AUTUMN TO THE DATE OF THE IMAGE 6-8 MONTHS LATER. THE CLIFF HAS RETREATED INTO THE PLANTED CROPS. SEE IMAGES B1544R B15636 ALSO TAKEN A FEW MONTHS EARLIER

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Size: 4800px × 3609px
Location: Happisburgh, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Anglia Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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