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Geology Picture of the Week, Dec. 21-27, 2008: The Enniberg, Faroe Islands
Phototravels.net ^ | Frantisek Staud

Posted on 12/28/2008 5:55:45 PM PST by cogitator

Sorry I'm a day late.

This is reputedly (see link in first comment) the highest cliff in Europe. To which I ask: none higher in the Alps? (Maybe the highest SEA cliff.)


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: cliff; faroe; islands; scotland
Cliff

I think for next week's picture I'll look up the Troll Wall in Norway because the picture doesn't work in the NationMaster link and I'm bushed.

1 posted on 12/28/2008 5:55:45 PM PST by cogitator
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2 posted on 12/28/2008 5:58:55 PM PST by cogitator
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Auyuittuq National Park

World's tallest vertical cliff face (1250m) and overhanging 105 degrees at the peak.

3 posted on 12/28/2008 6:02:43 PM PST by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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Troll Wall

4 posted on 12/28/2008 6:03:55 PM PST by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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I worked real hard to find this picture!

5 posted on 12/28/2008 6:09:28 PM PST by cogitator
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To: Red_Devil 232

Thanks for the Troll Wall. I’ll try to find more tomorrow. It’s a neat place too.


6 posted on 12/28/2008 6:10:37 PM PST by cogitator
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I have read that the longest sheer drop in Great Britain is on the Island of St. Kilda. A 1400 ft. drop to the sea. Interestingly the second longest is on the Island of Foula which is only 9ft less.

Interesting because Foula was the site of a movie about St. Kilda, titled, “The Edge of the World”.


7 posted on 12/28/2008 6:18:22 PM PST by yarddog
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One of the ski magazines (a few years back) had an article about Rick Sylvester’s stunt where he played James Bond in this scene. The location was Baffin Bay in Canada.


8 posted on 12/28/2008 7:11:32 PM PST by whipitgood (Real Americans don't allow socialists to take over their country.)
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Would you please add me to your ping list?
Thanks.


9 posted on 12/28/2008 7:11:44 PM PST by siamesecats
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Please add me to your ping list. Thanks!


10 posted on 12/28/2008 7:52:33 PM PST by bkwells (Liberals=Hypocrites)
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It looks like a broken out caldera.
11 posted on 12/28/2008 8:38:14 PM PST by Barnacle (God help us.)
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Very nice. Thanks for posting.


12 posted on 12/28/2008 8:38:20 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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Could well be. The island is apparently part of a volcanic chain. Those layers are almost certainly solidified lava flows.


13 posted on 12/28/2008 8:52:08 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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And a Happy New Year to you!! Thanks for all of your photos.


14 posted on 12/29/2008 10:16:47 AM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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