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Shingle Street June 28 2005
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The Tern reserve on the broad expanse of shingle is clearly fenced off. |
The single line of buildings at Shingle Street lie behind the beach, which is giving a lesson in succession! |
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30 July 2005
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Scenes from the shingle |
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25 March 2008
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The sweep of the bay northwards towards Orford Ness, and further towards the right, Southwold lighthouse. |
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The sea moves vast quantities of shingle around, forming distinct, but temporary, landforms. Here a deep depression is formed behind seaward beach-building. It fills with sea water, but as the photo on the right indicates, not up to the current tidal level. |
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The full frame of the first photo, with the narrow beach fronting a calm sea. On the right the shingle is pushed onto vegetation. |
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The spit islands at the mouth of the River Alde are covered up at high water; only the breakers indicate the shallows. Behind this scene the lighthouse at Southwold and, to its left, possibly the buildings on Orford Ness. |
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