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Moeraki Boulders

Sunset over the Moeraki Boulders. In Maori legend the boulders represent the eel baskets, calabashes, and kumara washed ashore from the wreck of the sailing canoe Arai-te-uru. To scientists these large spherical boulders are known as septarian concretions, exhumed from the mudstone of the Moeraki Formation by coastal erosion.
Location:Koekohe Beach, New Zealand
Photo ID:9634
Keywords:coast ; sunset ; septarian ; concretion ; rock
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