Geckoella is very pleased that when Senior Geologist and Data Lead Jamie Foster saw the Geologists’ Association’s advert for photographic submissions for their calendar that he’d give it a go and put in one of his stunning photos. From 400 submissions from 40 countries he came a very respectable 2nd place and got his photo published representing the month of July.
The photo is of Kilve, Somerset, with its iconic and striking stripy beach and cliffs. The geology is the Blue Lias Formation (early Jurassic), interbedded pale blue limestones, marles and dark grey to black shale. The geology here is nearly 200 million years old and has experienced several tectonic phases which have folded and faulted the rocks creating the complicated patterns seen in the foreshore and cliff faces.
Kilve is part of Somerset’s own Jurassic Coast and is popular with holidaymakers and fossil collectors, where you can expect to find the fossilised remains of marine organisms living in the waters here in the early Jurassic (some of which include ammonites, ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, crinoids and molluscs – including the iconic ‘Devil’s Toenail’)
Geologists’ Association Calendar
