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PIX4668852: The Basque Corniche - The Basque Corniche - The cliffs of the Basque Corniche, between Socoa and Hendaye, consist of an alternation of hard layers of limestone and soft layers of clay, depositing the sea at the bottom during the tertiary era. It was in the Quaternary (2 million years ago) that this rocky thousand leaves was straightened following tectonic movements, thus forming the cliffs we observe today. Cliffs of the Basque Corniche between Socoa and Hendaye, Pyrenees - Atlantiques, France / Bridgeman Images
PIX4668946: Organs of Ille - sur - Tet - Pyrenees - Oriental - France - Columns of clay 30 meters high, sculpted by wind and rain. These columns are also known as “” cheminees des fees”” or “” bridesmaids””. Pyrenees - Orientales. Orgues d'Ille - sur - Tet is a geological site in the Pyrenees Orientales. The organ pipes are rock formations produced by several million years of geological history; these natural chimneys are made of columns of soft rock eroded by wind and rain overhung by harder rock / Bridgeman Images