Drone photo from beside the memorial monument to the Varyag cruiser that ran aground offshore near Lendalfoot in the early C20. Looking inland, a flat plain makes a stark contrast with the subsequent elevated former coast / line of a raised beach.

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   Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳 (xylophilist@mastodon.online)'s status on Saturday, 23-Nov-2024 09:43:13 JST Tim ☑️ 🔭🌃📷🚴🌳

   Droneybird explorations around the Southern Uplands Fault.

   Years ago I used to drive the A77 through Ayrshire and just knew there was _something_ interesting about the landscape. Only recently have I learned that the collision and subduction associated with the Iapetus Ocean's closure during the Caledonian Orogeny (~420Mya) caused the emplacement of the Ballantrae Ophiolite Complex.

   #geology #scotland #ophiolite #ballantrae #southernuplandfault #iapetus #drone #photography #ophiolite #ayrshire