Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
Within the stratified rocks, and on the banks, you can see a seam of coal, which is rain forest peat that has been compressed over 300 million years. You can see the effect on the dark brown colour of the river.
Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
These fantastic patterns look like a miniaturised mountain ranges and gorges from another land. They are caused by the reaction of rai...(more)
Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
A Dry Valley is one that does not have a river or stream flowing through it. They are usually found in limestone or chalk areas. This one terminates round th...(more)
Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
A wonderful evocation of the English summer. Here is a glorious display of wild flowers on the banks of a stream near the village of Airton in Yorkshire.
Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
The valley was cut by floodwater during a time when underground water remained frozen for much of the year after the end of the Ice Age. At its uppen end is a 'dry' waterfall.
Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
The 50 metre gorge has been eroded over the millenia by the torrents of water that came down here. Visitors have been coming here for o...(more)
Published 5 months ago by John Willetts
Brimham Rocks are a fantastically weathered sandstone grit grit plateau. Some of the wind erroded pillars are six metres tall. It is a smaller, and wetter, version of the desert landscapes of the Wild West
Published over 2 years ago by Paul Keating
Semerwater is the largest natural lake in North Yorkshire, England. It is half a mile (800 m) long and in the heart of Wensleydale. According to local leg...(more)
Published over 2 years ago by Noel Jenkins
Gordale Scar is a magnificent gorge with overhanging walls that gradually narrow to the north where a waterfall cascades do...(more)
Published over 2 years ago by Noel Jenkins
A view from the top of Malham Cove, Yorkshire Dales National Park. Enthusiasts of karst landscapes will recognise the particularl...(more)
Published over 2 years ago by Noel Jenkins
The impressive 80m high walls at Malham Cove were formed at the end of the last ice age from glacial meltwater. I...(more)
