Birling Gap at low tide showing a layer of hard flint stone with the softer eroded chalk layer underneath.

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Showing a Flint Band that is exposed at low tide, forming a hard wearing upper surface on top of the much softer chalk layers.

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Size: 5572px × 3714px
Location: Birling Gap and the Seven Sisters cliffs, East Sussex, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Tony Watson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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