Beautiful milky way over the Moeraki Boulders, New Zealand. They are
unusually large and spherical boulders lying along a stretch of Koekohe Beach
on the wave cut Otago coast of the South Island of New Zealand between Moeraki
and Hampden. (by Yan Zhang on 500px)
Moeraki Boulders are unusually large and spherical boulders lying along
a stretch of Koekohe Beach on the wave cut Otago coast of New Zealand between
Moeraki and Hampden. They occur scattered or isolated. The erosion by wave
action of mudstone, comprising local bedrock and landslides, frequently exposes
embedded isolated boulders. These boulders are grey-colored septarian concretions,
which have been exhumed from the mudstone enclosing them and concentrated on
the beach by coastal erosion.
The Moeraki Boulders are a big attraction, found on Koekohe Beach near
Moeraki on New Zealand’s coast. The huge, gray, spherical stones formed in
sediment on the sea floor 60 million years ago and were revealed by shoreline
erosion.
The Moeraki Boulders are a big attraction, found on Koekohe Beach near
Moeraki on New Zealand’s coast. The huge, gray, spherical stones formed in
sediment on the sea floor 60 million years ago and were revealed by shoreline
erosion. The boulders, some of which stand alone and some in clusters, can
weigh several tons and measure 10 feet across.
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