WINTER CEREAL CROPS SOWN ON CLIFF TOP WITH FRESH EROSION ERODING INTO GROWING CROP AT HAPPISBURGH NORFOLK ENGLAND UK


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 3-4 MONTHS LATER. THE CLIFF HAS RETREATED INTO THE PLANTED CROPS SEE IMAGES B1K4RH B1K4RB B1K4RC B1K4KK B1K4JT B1K4JJ B1K4JA FOR THE SAME CROP 2-3 MONTHS LATER ON THE CLIFFEDGE


Size: 3600px × 4800px
Location: Happisburgh, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Anglia Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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