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Reminds me a little of Malta though there is more variation in rock type and colour from the relentless yellow Maltese limestone.
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(Earth Views): England Dorset Portland Bill lighthouse flora and somewhat parched and barren surrounds on sunny June day out from Weymouth 1 DHD.jpg
New D=2009/06/28 [Jun 28, 2009]; S=4MB, 3072x2304; T=JPEG image [MIME:image/jpeg];
L=Estd:g:2.455W,50.5137N{+/-0.0050,0.0050}.FREE to download and use! (c) Damon Hart-Davis
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Key: D= file date of exhibit; S= size in bytes, XxY pixels, etc; T= type of exhibit; L= location/time or viewpoint of exhibit (if known).
- england = .uk, Inglaterra, Angleterre, Inghilterra, Albion, 英国, Royaume-Uni, UK, 51st State = Member of the UK (United Kingdom) and thus the EU (European Union). Adjective "English" or sometimes "British" or "Brit" or "pom" or "tommy" or "limey".
- england dorset = "Dorsetshire", Wessex = County on the south coast of England, historically part of the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Wessex, and subsequently the setting for the bulk of the Thomas Hardy novels, now a significant tourist destination for its sunshine and coast.
- england dorset portland bill = A narrow promontory of Portland stone on the Isle of Portland: the southernmost part of Tophill.
- england dorset portland bill lighthouse = The current red-and-white painted (automated) lighthouse was refurbished in 1996, and as of June 2009 uses a 1kW metal-halide US-made lamp with a working life of about 4000h (on) which is 14 months. See Trinity House Gallery for more.
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A selection of places and sights from around the Earth, catalogued by location, including views and scenery natural and artificial, rural and urban, ugly and beautiful.
This should help give you a feel of what particular parts of the world are like.
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