From the air
Sandstones and shales of the Kilkee Cyclothem
Wave ripples
Sitting on the shelf edge - close to the boundary between the Gull Island Formation and the Tullig Cyclothem
Old cemetery on the Loop Head Peninsula
Old cemetery
Blues
Coastal cliffs near Kilkee
The only bridge at Bridges of Ross
Old Mini
Yellows
View from the Loop Head Lighthouse
When it's raining, it is a good time to have a Guiness at The Strand
Old (and decommissioned) lighthouse in the Shannon Estuary
Lighthouse, Shannon estuary
Another view of the lighthouse
Cows, grass and turbidites
Faulted turbidites of the Ross Formation
Steeply dipping fold limb in the background, flat lying sandstones in front, with a fold axis in between
Folded turbidite sandstones, Ross Formation
Turbidites of the Ross Sandstone at Loop Head
Turbidite sandstones at Loop Head; island on the right was separated from the mainland along a fault with a few meters of vertical offset
Interbedded sandstones and shales of the Ross Formation
More turbidites; people for scale on the top of the cliff
Layercake stratigraphy (at this scale) of turbidites in the Ross Formation
Anticline in the Ross Formation, Loop Head Peninsula
Bottlenose dolphin in front of the boat
Growth fault in deltaic sediments
Sand volcanoes in the Ross Formation, near Bridges of Ross
Colorful wildlife in tidal pools
Snails and mussels
Snails, mussels, sea urchins
Tidal pool near Bridges of Ross
Sea urchins in tidal pool
The coast near Bridges of Ross
Rain is on its way to Kilkee
Ripples on Kilkee beach
Wave ripples, Kilkee beach
More wave ripples
Interfingering wave ripples
Asymmetric wave ripples, with coarser sediment in the troughs
Wave ripples, trying to adopt to new wave conditions
Sunset in Kilkee
Kilkee beach
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