World Cliffs Discussion: January 2025 Contest (page 2 of 7)

The 2023-2024 "harvest"

Dingli Cliffs (Malta, April 2023)



Cabo São Vicente (Algarve, Portugal, February 2024)



Costa Vicentina (Portugal)

Ponta de Piedade (Algarve, Portugal)



Cabo Sardão (Alentejo, Portugal)



Calanques de Piana (Corsica, April 2024) Bonifacio

What a great haul! Don’t forget the contest, though 😉

A few photos of Ha Long Bay that could’ve entered the contest ;)

Thanks Christelle! The girl who’s gonna party hard on the 31st in Ibiza clubs and wants us to believe she went there for the scenery 😎😉😉

Okay, this really isn’t the topic, but it’s for the joke—I’ll tell you about my *genius* New Year’s Eve in Ibiza, Bruno 😂. Seriously, nothing to be jealous about 😆. It starts with my husband getting sick and bowing out, but he gives me the "midnight pass." Well, yeah—there’s a concert planned in town, and I *have* to go because, you know, Ibiza 🙄. So I head out on a "bike-share," 4 km away, and when I get to the tent where the concert’s supposed to be—crickets 🙈. A friendly Senegalese guy selling flashing headbands fills me in: it’s canceled, rain’s coming 🌧️. Sure enough, at quarter to midnight, the rain *arrives*!! There are dozens of us wandering the streets with no idea what to do. We all end up taking shelter under a carousel for the midnight countdown: whooo, it’s raining, it’s pouring, it’s the frog party 🐸🍾😂. So I bike back in the rain to find my sweetheart, looking about as sexy as a *completely* un-wrung-out mop. But we’re saved—we finish the night with a David Guetta concert… on TV 😆. Have a great day, everyone! 😊

Oh yeah, Christelle, that’s definitely not what we expected from a New Year’s Eve in Ibiza 😂😂😂

😎 I love New Year’s Eve!! Still, you can go home saying you "saw" David Guetta on the 31st in Ibiza!! #classy

For my New Year’s Eve, I’ve also got a great story, but you’ll have to wait for the travel journal 😉

Photo 1: Monemvasia, Laconia, Greece.



Except here, I don’t have the sea, so it’s off-topic. Sorry Catherine, I want water!

And so I reread my messages—mea culpa—because even though I mentioned it (the battle of the sea against the land), it’s not in this post. So, to clarify: Cliffs of the World and the sea Sorry Catherine, so you can add a second N1... Good thing Michel85200 isn’t participating, or I’d have gotten Table Mountain

You can see the sea in the background. (The town is by the seaside.)

So, is water absolutely required, even if it’s clearly a cliff?

Hi there,

I confirm, the town below the cliff is right at sea level:



But I get that this isn’t quite what Bruno’s looking for.

Haven’t come across any photogenic cliffs lately, and I’ve got nothing on the topic in my back pocket!

Catherine

Good evening,

Just a quick clarification:

A cliff is a linear coastal escarpment shaped by marine erosion at the expense of the relief. There’s therefore a direct contact between the terrestrial relief and the marine environment. Bruno is very clear on this: "When the sea battles the land", even if he specifies that "the battle of the elements is optional".

In mainland France, the most beautiful cliffs—see the Impressionists—are in the Pays de Caux in Normandy (Étretat). The word itself even comes from the Norman-Germanic language.

In Monemvasia, it’s a "dead cliff," likely resulting from continental uplift. It’s no longer in contact with the sea, and the village was built on the former marine abrasion platform. This is also the case for that farm in the Lofoten Islands (careful not to go off-topic about this archipelago).



From a geomorphological standpoint, the rocky pinnacles in Halong Bay aren’t cliffs in the strict sense. They’re tropical karsts (called "tower karsts") shaped by chemical dissolution in limestone. The sea played no role in their formation, except for the notch at the base of the pinnacles.

That was your cultural minute! 😉

So is water absolutely required even if it's a cliff?

He should tell us how much water is needed ;)

Well, there's water here, but the cliff is only suggested 😛



(Sorry, Bruno !😉 )

He should tell us how much water he wants

It’s not rocket science! 😛

Okay, I’m out.

From a geomorphological point of view, the rocky pinnacles of Ha Long Bay aren't cliffs in the strict sense. They're tropical karsts (called "tower karsts") shaped by chemical dissolution in limestone. The sea played no part in their formation, except for the notch at the base of the pinnacles.

That was the "cultural" minute 😉

Thanks, Michel, for that little clarification—it's true I didn't look up the definition of "cliff" 🙁 Bruno, let me know if I should remove my Ha Long Bay photo... you're the boss 😉

Bruno let me know if I should remove my Ha Long Bay photo

The photo is really beautiful, though, and he did add that "the qualities of the photograph (lighting, colors, angles) will make the difference," which is key in a photo contest.

Have a good evening.

So, is water absolutely necessary even if it's a cliff?

He should tell us how much water is wanted

Sorry for the delayed reply, but there’s an unavoidable lag time, plus I gotta get some sleep 😉

So yeah, water’s a must—otherwise, I’ll just pull out my collection of cliffs from Haute-Savoie (even if, at some point during the glacial era, there *was* water) As for the amount, I’ll leave that up to you guys—everyone here knows I’m no water expert …

Okay, there's water here but the cliff is only suggested 😛



(Sorry Bruno !😉 )

No worries, but this isn’t exactly making me dream about the Faroe Islands…

From a geomorphological point of view, the rocky pinnacles of Ha Long Bay aren't cliffs in the strict sense. They're tropical karsts (called "tower karsts") shaped by chemical dissolution in limestone. The sea played no part in their formation, except for the notch at the base of the pinnacles.

That was the "cultural" minute 😉

Thanks, Michel, for that little clarification—it's true, I didn't look up the definition of "cliff" 🙁 Bruno, let me know if I should remove my Ha Long Bay photo... you're the boss 😉

For once I'm the boss of something, I won't hold back !🤪

I wondered about Ha Long Bay myself, but I also remembered there were more imposing pinnacles that, in my opinion, did form cliffs. We'll set aside Michel's brilliant scientific explanation of Ha Long's genesis. So, I'll gladly leave it up, especially since the photo is really beautiful.

He’d need to tell us how much water he wants

It’s not rocket science! 😛

Okay, I’m out.

That one’s a bit much! 😏

You're wrong. It's an amazing photo for the Faroe Islands!

The weather's nice...😏

Thanks Bruno, so I’ll leave the limestone karsts of Ha Long Bay 😊