Situated in the North Yorkshire Moors National Park, the Hole is a "devil's punchbowl" like feature created by springs "washing away" material. Rainwater permeates down through the overlying sandstone which sits on an impervious clay deposit. The springs emerge from the base of the sandstone and have created this huge depression.
Friday, September 2, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Star Disk, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, UK
Scarborough's Star Disk is the largest illuminated "Star Disk" in the UK at 26m in diameter.
The disk is constructed on the site of the South Bay Pool. It contains, as fibre optic lights, the layout of the 42 brightest stars which never set as seen from Scarborough. It also marks the positions of the sunrise points over the North Sea for
various times of the year.
The disk is constructed on the site of the South Bay Pool. It contains, as fibre optic lights, the layout of the 42 brightest stars which never set as seen from Scarborough. It also marks the positions of the sunrise points over the North Sea for
various times of the year.
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astronomy,
disk,
Scarborough
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