Green the sparse vegetation, gray in lush variety the rocks and stones - and seemingly endless the mortarless stone walls that prevent the scarce, precious humus from being blown away by the

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Rock layers stacked horizontally on top of each other, held together rock-solid without mortar, arranged vertically in columnar formations, this is how the mighty cliff wall withstands the crashing

Due to the lack of precipitation in the form of snow and rain, the slopes towards Trin are very dry.

Ireland / Aran Island / Inish Mór

Green the sparse vegetation, gray in lush variety the rocks and stones - and seemingly endless the mortarless stone walls that prevent the scarce, precious humus from being blown away by the incessantly blowing west wind. Aran Islands, Inish Mór.

Stefan Wohlfahrt http://klein-aber-fein---imagination.startbilder.de/ 07.03.2007, 970 Views, 0 Comments * automatically translated

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Rock layers stacked horizontally on top of each other, held together rock-solid without mortar, arranged vertically in columnar formations, this is how the mighty cliff wall withstands the crashing waves – the south coast of Inish Mór, the largest of the three small Aran Islands in the Atlantic off the coast of Ireland. 
Stefan Wohlfahrt

Ireland / Aran Island / Inish Mór

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