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Photo ID: hbld8z	Subject: Oceans	Description
	Coastal Environment; Coastal Processes; Erosion; Geomorphology; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Drift; Marine Transport; Progradation; Sediments; Shore Features; Shorelines	Longshore drift in Puget Sound, Washington.
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	Marli Miller Credit Line: Copyright © Marli Miller, University of Oregon	North America; United States; Washington; Puget Sound
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Photo ID: hflrc3	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Beaches; Deposition; Geomorphology; Jetties; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Waves	This jetty at Chicago, Illinois on Lake Michigan illustrates the interruption of longshore transport and the subsequent building of a beach.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Illinois
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Photo ID: hflrdo	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Beaches; Deposition; Geomorphology; Groins; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Waves	Here at Rockaway Beach on Long Island, New York the groins trap the sand from the longshore transport to build the beaches at the top but cause depletion of sand for the beaches at the bottom of the photograph.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; New York; Rockaway Beach
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Photo ID: hflrh5	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Beaches; Deposition; Geomorphology; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Monterey Bay; Shore Features; Shorelines; Wave Deposition; Waves	The relative shelter of the Monterey Bay allows this large beach to form and houses to be built near the water here at Santa Cruz, California.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; California
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Photo ID: hysfi2	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Cobbles; Deposition; Geomorphology; Littoral Drift; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Terrigenous Materials	Beaches are made of any loose material available for deposition. This photograph taken on May 21, 2000 shows the beach at Montauk Point Light on New York's Long Island to be made of pebbles and cobbles of crystalline schist and granite.
	Photographer	Location
	Cornel Manecan Credit Line: Copyright © Cornel Manecan	North America; United States; New York; Montauk Point
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Photo ID: hysfiw	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Cobbles; Deposition; Geomorphology; Littoral Drift; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Terrigenous Materials	Beaches are made of any loose material available for deposition. This photograph taken on May 21, 2000 shows the beach at Montauk Point Light on New York's Long Island to be made of pebbles and cobbles of crystalline schist and granite.
	Photographer	Location
	Cornel Manecan Credit Line: Copyright © Cornel Manecan	North America; United States; New York; Montauk Point
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Photo ID: i8blxk	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Beaches; Black Sand; Deposition; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Waves	Beaches are made of whatever loose material is available. Since all of the rocks here are volcanic black basalt, the beaches are made of black sand.
	Photographer	Location
	Bruce Molnia Credit Line: Copyright © Bruce Molnia, Terra Photographics	North America; United States; Hawaii
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Photo ID: ih0em8	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Beaches; Black Sand; Deposition; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Kauai; Lagoons; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Reefs; Shore Features; Shorelines; Waves	A small reef protects Ke'e Beach and forms a quiet lagoon at the most visited beach on the island of Kauai.
	Photographer	Location
	Larry Fellows Credit Line: Copyright © Larry Fellows, Arizona Geological Survey	North America; United States; Hawaii; Ke'e Beach State Park
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Photo ID: ih0eoe	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Cobbles; Deposition; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Waves	Beaches are made of whatever loose material is available. Since most of the rocks here are volcanic black basalt, the beaches are made of mostly black cobbles.
	Photographer	Location
	Larry Fellows Credit Line: Copyright © Larry Fellows, Arizona Geological Survey	North America; United States; Hawaii; Maui
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Photo ID: ih0eqr	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Black Sand; Deposition; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Littoral Drift; Longshore Currents; Longshore Transport; Shore Features; Shorelines; Waves	Beaches are made of whatever loose material is available. Since all of the rocks here on the east coast of Maui are volcanic black basalt, the beaches are made of black sand.
	Photographer	Location
	Larry Fellows Credit Line: Copyright © Larry Fellows, Arizona Geological Survey	North America; United States; Hawaii; Maui
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