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Geology Picture of the Week, October 4-10, 2009: Cheddar Gorge
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Posted on 10/08/2009 10:28:25 PM PDT by cogitator
Cheddar Gorge
I heard about this place recently in a news article about a bicyclist that survived falling 80 feet off the Cheddar cliffs. I guess I had heard about it several years ago when they found "Cheddar Man" and genetically connected him to a local resident. I didn't realize it was an English scenic landmark. There are also some small caves, which is where "Cheddar Man" was found. For a satellite view, can't beat Google Maps.
British teacher finds long-lost relative: 9,000-year-old man"
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Aerial
More about Cheddar (the village, and the cheese too)
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Education; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; caves; cheddar; england; karst; science
None of these pictures are cheesy!
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posted on
10/08/2009 10:28:25 PM PDT
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cogitator
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posted on
10/08/2009 10:29:18 PM PDT
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cogitator
To: cogitator
Lovely village, would be nice to live there.
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posted on
10/08/2009 10:50:56 PM PDT
by
Fred Nerks
(fair dinkum)
To: cogitator
Looks like a good place to store cheese.......
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posted on
10/09/2009 4:09:15 AM PDT
by
geezerwheezer
(get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
To: cogitator
Holes in the rock? => A firm foundation for making Swiss Cheese!
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posted on
10/09/2009 6:51:06 AM PDT
by
Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: cogitator; blam
Excellent photos. Home to the ancestors of freepers!
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posted on
10/09/2009 7:48:56 AM PDT
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JimSEA
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posted on
10/11/2009 5:19:54 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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To: cogitator
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posted on
10/12/2009 2:11:02 AM PDT
by
LadyDoc
(liberals only love politically correct poor people)
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