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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Sep 8, 2008
Description:
“Now that is certainly one bad beetling cliff!”
“What’s bad are those SeaRey eating rocks at the bottom!”
And those rocks are bad. They were once deep in an ocean trench, a subduction zone, at the edge of the continental plate. By a quirk of fate, or massive redirection, they ended up on top of the land.
Most are fine gray sandstone with an occasional conglomerate. There are even some “smell rocks.” Smell rocks are breccia composed of angular fragments of broken sandstone that have become cemented together. When freshly broken, they smell of crude oil. Oil wells have actually been drilled along this coast and one produced commercial quantities for a short time. (Can I get a “drill, baby, drill” call from the gasoline guzzling Cessna owners?)
The SeaRey eating rocks and beetling cliffs are part of the Flattery Rock National Wildlife Refuge (see http://www.fws.gov/refuges/profiles/index.cfm?id=13537). The website indicates that the refuge is closed to the public. The best way to see it is by SeaRey flown at a respectful distance overhead.
Date Taken:
Sep 8, 2008
Place Taken:
Portage Head, WA
Owner:
Dan Nickens
File Name:
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Category:
329, Taking Peli Home
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