Dent de Morcles, The Waadtland Alps, Switzerland
The huge fold in the flank of the 2969 m high Dent de Morcles is the most impressive witness of the collision between Africa and Europe. The rock layers, originally deposited on the sea floor in a horizontal position, were compressed and shifted. The darker parts developed during the Tertiary period and are younger than the greyish and yellowish limestone of the Cretaceous period.
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Reuse
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) (opens in a new window)Credit: Bernhard Edmaier (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Properties
Type
Image
Format
JPG
Size
2.2 MB
Aspect
1:1
Width
2048 px
Height
2048 px
Brand
Hasselblad
Model
Hasselblad H2D-39
Exposure
50 mm f/9.5 1/500 s ISO 100
Coordinates
46.2028, 7.0807
Tint
Blackish blue
Submitted
1 May 2016
Taken
1 August 2007
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