Winterscapes 4

Posted by Richard_Irwin (Belper, United Kingdom) on 16 December 2007 in Landscape & Rural.

Image taken in The Derbyshire Dales.

Low sunshine and pale rocks. This area of limestone landscape is the remains of an ancient tropical reef that existed here around 330 million years ago. Today it lies around 300m above sea level. Even in winter the grass reamains fairly green in this part of the Dales.

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