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Image: Coastal boulder deposits, Inishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland

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Description: Note the person standing next to one of the large boulders in the background, for scale. That boulder weighs about 40 tonnes. The face of this ridge is periodically re-arranged by storm waves, and layers of bedrock are peeled up to create new boulders.
Title: Coastal boulder deposits, Inishmore, Aran Islands, Ireland
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Author: GeoRonadh
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