Coastal Gallery

Wave-cut rock platform

Wave-cut rock platform, a limestone mushroom that is an eroded remnant of a wave-cut rock shelf that formed more than 5000 years ago when sea levels were 4 to 5 m higher than they are today. Near Port Hedland, Western Australia

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White mangrove (Avicennia marina)

White mangrove (Avicennia marina), salt-encrusted seedling. Lost River, edge of the Great Sandy Desert, Western Australia

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Abbotsbury Beach at southern end of the ‘Bay of Fires walk

Abbotsbury Beach at southern end of the Bay of Fires walk, with foam and silt on beach as result of severe floods in northeastern Tasmania discharging fresh water into the sea. Bay of Fires, northeastern Tasmania, Australia

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