Curiosity Drive 🚐 :mastodon: on Nostr: Caves on the coast nr. Tongapōrutu River mouth contained Māori petroglyphs, sadly ...

Caves on the coast nr. Tongapōrutu River mouth contained Māori petroglyphs, sadly lost to erosion/ collapse. Several of the current sea caves in this dynamic environment can be transited (📷1). Bands of fine papa siltstone stood out from coarser sandstone layers (📷2&3). A large population of Physalia physalis/ Portuguese man o' war/ bluebottle, a stinging jellyfish, had washed onto the beach (📷4).

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