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Hiking through the sandstone rocks (Grès d'Annot trail)


   by Sokleine
Hiking through the sandstone rocks (Grès d'Annot trail) by Sokleine
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Picture taken in: Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

We walked for a 3-hour loop hike marked "Grès d'Annot" . The trail goes through shady woods and forests and, at one point, follows around the side of a sandstone (grès) cliff that dominates the Vaire river valley. The grès (in Grès d'Annot) is a sedimentary sandstone rock created about 60 million years ago when this area was under the sea. Grains of sand were pressed together under intense pressure and cemented together by a natural silicon or calcium cement. The sandstone cliffs were exposed by several million years of glacial and fluvial erosion. Source: www.beyond.fr

tags : gres, Annot, rocks, rochers, nature, PACA, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, Provence

 

Picture uploaded by: Sokleine - View this picture on Flickr
Picture taken on: september 14, 2010
Taken in: Annot, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur - France 3565

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