Hoo Back, Shetland Islands

Mosaic on stones

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I think that the mosaic white pattern on these stones is caused by salt water washing or splashing over them followed by drying to form a patchwork of discrete crystal zones.

Uploaded to Geograph by Rob Farrow on 31 August 2011

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