Hell that could be a load of places, some times of the year St Kildas is pretty white from some angles.
I have a memory of going to scotland!
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Hell that could be a load of places, some times of the year St Kildas is pretty white from some angles.
White cliffs in arbroath?
Haven't seen those but I'd guess quartzite or quartz rich sandstone... show me a picture and I'll tell ya
Although depends what you mean by "stripes" .... to me that sounds like hydrothermal veins of probably Quartz but could be Calcite too!
The cliffs at Arbroath are Aeolian channelised sandstones from the Devonian... we actually call these formations "Old Red Sandstone" because of the high K-Feldspar content, weathered to a pink/red which makes them red colour... mixed with some Fe oxidisation...
Basically, defo not white
***Edit: Or whatever they are, plane nerds!
I think the nearest one is a Hurricane, but I'm not a plane nerd either
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I think the nearest one is a Hurricane, but I'm not a plane nerd either
From a quick look it seems that one is a Hurricane and the other is a Spitfire - that's assuming someone else named their picture correctly (as the numbers on the tail seem to match this picture).
Although actually you can sort this by searching for BM597 - which is a Spitfire so the closest is definitely that.
//edit and Z5140 is a Hawker Hurricane - so wrong way round I'm afraid for your guess.
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//edit and Z5140 is a Hawker Hurricane - so wrong way round I'm afraid for your guess.
lol - doh, now I look again I remember the distinctive rear cockpit/fuselage arch of the Hurricane compared to the Spit
Good job I'm not a plane nerd
The cliffs at Arbroath are Aeolian channelised sandstones from the Devonian... we actually call these formations "Old Red Sandstone" because of the high K-Feldspar content, weathered to a pink/red which makes them red colour... mixed with some Fe oxidisation...
Basically, defo not white
Never said they were white. Just said they were there (along with a caravan site).
To my limited knowledge the further south you go the whiter the cliffs become and I really don't recall seeing any in Scotland.
No they aren't. The cliffs around Eyemouth, St. Abb's etc aren't white at all. Coldingham beach is the only main beach just north of the border apart from perhaps Pease Bay.
This is Coldingham. Not a picture of a cliff obviously but the rocks are the same:
No they aren't. The cliffs around Eyemouth, St. Abb's etc aren't white at all. Coldingham beach is the only main beach just north of the border apart from perhaps Pease Bay.
This is Coldingham. Not a picture of a cliff obviously but the rocks are the same:
Bah!
Haddn't seen your post.
I'll be in Eyemouth in about 5 hours and Diving abbs head etc over the weekend.
