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Photo ID: ivq02s	Subject: Landscape	Description
	Coastal Environment; Erosion Features; Geomorphology; Landforms; Marine Terraces; Shore Features; Shorelines; Wave Erosion; Wave-Cut Benches	Here at Ragged Point on the Pacific Coast with California's Santa Lucia Mountains as a backdrop, marine terraces or wave-cut benches are clearly evident.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
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Photo ID: ivq06s	Subject: Landscape	Description
	Coastal Environment; Erosion Features; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Landforms; Marine Terraces; Shorelines; Stacks; Wave Erosion; Wave-Cut Benches	Here at Ragged Point on California's Pacific Coast raised marine terraces or wave-cut benches are clearly evident while the waves labor to prepare another for the next uplift.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

Photo ID: ivq2jd	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Collapse Structures; Erosion; Landslides; Mass Movements; Mass Wasting; Ocean Waves; Shorelines; Slump Structures; Slumping	Here near California's Ragged Point, the waves have undercut the mountain causing this material to slump into the ocean.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

Photo ID: ivq2m7	Subject: Landscape	Description
	Coastal Environment; Erosion; Erosion Features; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Landforms; Marine Terraces; Shore Features; Stacks; Wave Erosion; Wave-Cut Benches	Here at Ragged Point on California's Pacific Coast raised marine terraces or wave-cut benches are clearly evident while the waves labor to prepare another for the next uplift.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

Photo ID: ivq2ps	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Collapse Structures; Engineering Geology; Erosion; Geologic Hazards; Highways; Landslides; Mass Movements; Mass Wasting; Shorelines; Slump Structures	With no marine terrace to build on here near Ragged Point, California's Route 1 is carved into the side of the mountains leaving it vulnerable to landslides such as this.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

Photo ID: ivq2tj	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Collapse Structures; Engineering Geology; Erosion; Geologic Hazards; Landslides; Mass Movements; Mass Wasting; Rockfalls; Slump Structures	Rockfalls and landslides require a constant effort to keep California's Route 1 open here near Ragged Point.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

Photo ID: ivq2wx	Subject: Surface Processes	Description
	Collapse Structures; Engineering Geology; Erosion; Geologic Hazards; Landslides; Mass Movements; Mass Wasting; Slopes; Slump Structures; Soils	With no marine terrace to build on here near Ragged Point, California's Route 1 is carved into the side of the mountains leaving it vulnerable to landslides such as this.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

Photo ID: ivq30j	Subject: Beaches	Description
	Coast; Coastal Environment; Erosion Environment; Erosion Features; Geomorphology; Intertidal Environment; Landforms; Marine Terraces; Ocean; Shore; Stacks; Wave Erosion; Wave-Cut Benches; Waves	This parking lot and overlook along California's Route 1 is built on an uplifted marine terrace or wave-cut bench.
	Photographer	Location
	Michael Collier Credit Line: Copyright © Michael Collier	North America; United States; California; Ragged Point
Photo Quality \| Large	Available for Commercial Use

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