Crete: Diplono Petris (Διπλόνο Πέτρις)
Wolfgang Fraedrich
Hamburg, Germany
Diplono Petris near Agios Pavlos in the south of Crete island is one of Europe's most impressive folded rock formations. The rock strata document an alternation of different limestone layers in the pindos top of the Cretan ceiling pile. These sediments, once deposited in a deeper ocean basin of the Pindos Ocean, were deformed in the course of Alpine fold tectonics, triggered by the North Drift of the African Plate against the Eurasian lithospheric plate, which increasingly constricts the present-day Mediterranean as the remainder of the former ocean.
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Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
6.5 MB
Aspect
4:3
Width
4608 px
Height
3456 px
Brand
Nikon
Model
COOLPIX P900
Exposure
5 mm f/3.2 1/1000 s ISO 100
Coordinates
35.1011, 24.5629
Tint
Very light blue
Submitted
31 December 2017
Taken
16 May 2016
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