Alabaster and Penarth mudstone
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Alabaster and Penarth mudstone
Image: © Alan Hughes Taken: 14 Sep 2022
Deposits of gypsum above layers of green and red mudstone from the Upper Triassic period, 250 - 200 million years ago. (The colours have not been enhanced; that’s how they looked in the afternoon light).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.415951
Longitude
-3.171916