Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Jurassic

This is the toe of the landslide of 8th May 2008 just east of Church Cliff, Lyme Regis, Dorset. As well as Jurassic shales and limestones, the landslide also brought down debris from a former landfill site including many glass bottles and rusty motor car components.

The Spittles is an extensive area of landslides between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, Dorset. In the centre is the toe of the landslide of 8th May 2008 just east of Church Cliff. As well as Jurassic shales and limestones, the landslide also brought down debris from a former landfill site including many glass bottles and rusty motor car components.

A photo-study of Burton Cliff near Burton Bradstock, Dorset. Having spent the day at Seatown a few miles to the west, and seeing the afternoon light was turning to a beautiful gold, we realised that the yellow Bridport Sands at Burton Cliff would be spectacular in in the light of the setting sun. So we rushed over to see. And so it proved.... These photos were taken in RAW mode using a polarising filter, but no post-processing enhancement other than slight adjustments to the exposure and contrast settings. Burton Cliff is comprised of the Bridport Sands at the top of the Middle Lias in the Lower Jurassic.

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). This is in turn underlain by Lower Jurassic strata including the the paler yellow Bridport Sand seen here in the middle of the section. The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

Seaweed covered boulders at the foot of Ridge Cliff near Seatown, Dorset, England. Golden Cap in the background.

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). This is in turn underlain by Lower Jurassic strata, including the Eype Clay at the base of the cliff. The latter is quite prone to landslides and mudflows. The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). This is in turn underlain by Lower Jurassic strata, including the Eype Clay at the base of the cliff. The latter is quite prone to landslides and mudflows. Golden Cap, itself capped by Upper Greensand, is visible in the distance. The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

The curving shelving shingle beach looking towards Seatown, Dorset.

Ridge Cliff, east of Seatown in Dorset, is capped by the golden Upper Greensand Formation (Cretaceous). The afternoon sun bathes everything in a golden light which together with the blue sky is intensified by a polarising filter.

Not an extraterrestrial planetary surface but craters where pebbles had been thrown into a wet mudflow derived from the Eype Clay (Lower Jurassic). The largest crater is about 8 cm in diameter. On the beach below Ridge Cliff, Seatown, Dorset.

A photo-study of Burton Cliff near Burton Bradstock, Dorset. Having spent the day at Seatown a few miles to the west, and seeing the afternoon light was turning to a beautiful gold, we realised that the yellow Bridport Sands at Burton Cliff would be spectacular in in the light of the setting sun. So we rushed over to see. And so it proved.... These photos were taken in RAW mode using a polarising filter, but no post-processing enhancement other than slight adjustments to the exposure and contrast settings. Burton Cliff is comprised of the Bridport Sands at the top of the Middle Lias in the Lower Jurassic.

A photo-study of Burton Cliff near Burton Bradstock, Dorset. Having spent the day at Seatown a few miles to the west, and seeing the afternoon light was turning to a beautiful gold, we realised that the yellow Bridport Sands at Burton Cliff would be spectacular in in the light of the setting sun. So we rushed over to see. And so it proved.... These photos were taken in RAW mode using a polarising filter, but no post-processing enhancement other than slight adjustments to the exposure and contrast settings. Burton Cliff is comprised of the Bridport Sands at the top of the Middle Lias in the Lower Jurassic.

Uploaded for the Guesswhere UK group. These splendid cliffs are at Old Quay Rocks, Filey, looking eastwards towards Filey Brigg in the distance. The foreground rocks are the Coralline Oolite Formation (Upper Jurassic) overlain by thick glacial till - 'boulder clay' (Devensian).

A photo-study of Burton Cliff near Burton Bradstock, Dorset. Having spent the day at Seatown a few miles to the west, and seeing the afternoon light was turning to a beautiful gold, we realised that the yellow Bridport Sands at Burton Cliff would be spectacular in in the light of the setting sun. So we rushed over to see. And so it proved.... These photos were taken in RAW mode using a polarising filter, but no post-processing enhancement other than slight adjustments to the exposure and contrast settings. Burton Cliff is comprised of the Bridport Sands at the top of the Middle Lias in the Lower Jurassic.

A photo-study of Burton Cliff near Burton Bradstock, Dorset. Having spent the day at Seatown a few miles to the west, and seeing the afternoon light was turning to a beautiful gold, we realised that the yellow Bridport Sands at Burton Cliff would be spectacular in in the light of the setting sun. So we rushed over to see. And so it proved.... These photos were taken in RAW mode using a polarising filter, but no post-processing enhancement other than slight adjustments to the exposure and contrast settings. Burton Cliff is comprised of the Bridport Sands at the top of the Middle Lias in the Lower Jurassic.

This is at Burton Freshwater where the River Bride flows into Lyme Bay. The Bridport Sands (Jurassic) form the yellow cliff on the left, glowing in the late afternoon sunshine.

Mudflow from the Lower Jurassic shales, Black Ven cliffs, between Charmouth and Lyme Regis, Dorset. This stuff is really hazardous to walk on. It can have a dry crust and may appear to be solid, but underneath it is soft and sticky, and it is very easy to sink in deeply and become trapped.

This is part of the toe of the landslide of 8th May 2008 just east of Church Cliff, Lyme Regis, Dorset. As well as Jurassic shales and limestones, the landslide also brought down debris from a former landfill site including many glass bottles and rusty motor car components.