Rocks of Maghera Beach Ireland #9
by Lexa Harpell
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Rocks of Maghera Beach Ireland #9
Artist
Lexa Harpell
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Photograph - Photographs
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Ireland Rocks Series by Lexa Harpell.
Low Tide on Maghera Beach 2 - County Donegal
Maghera's magical rock formations on a large tidal beach.
At low tide, you can wander the exposed beach caves and see the brilliant colours of seaweeds that attach to the fascinating rock formations from the high tide mark.
It's hard to impress an Australian as far as beaches are concerned. We have over 11,000 scattered along our vast coastlines. So when someone in Ireland told me they would take me to a beach that would take my breath away - obviously I was a little skeptical!
Yet Maghera Beach in County Donegal did just that! Quite a different vista than the tropical beaches everyone loves.
I fell in love with the raw, wildness of Maghera the looming low lying clouds it exudes PEACE!
It is a vast tidal beach with gentle sand dunes, cascading waterfalls and 13 sea caves created from the land splitting at some point in time.
The fascination of what forces must have taken place to produce these rock formations. A band of black molten basalt lays between the layers of schist rock. This hard rock is almost unweathered to the elements over time seemingly prehistoric in appearance.
This is why Ireland is so magical!
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October 31st, 2016
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