Into the mossy mountains
Shales covered in algae are exposed at Arrifana Beach (Algarve, Portugal) during low tide. At a closer look the shales look like a massive, mossy mountain range. The beach is one of many geologically interesting locations in the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park.
Taken on 25
April
2017
Submitted on 15 February 2019
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- Exact location (-8.8661 W, 37.2915 N)
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coast, shale, carboniferous, rock, coastal geology
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Credit: Franziska Staudt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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