Chimney Bluffs I

Posted by Bill Ault (GBA, Canada) on 10 August 2008 in Landscape & Rural.

Chimney Bluffs in New York were formed from drumlins, which in turn were created by glaciers in the last ice age. The erosive power of wind, rain, snow, and waves — both from above and below — has formed the landscape into razor-sharp pinnacles. Although the impressive pinnacles and cliffs, some of which rise up to 250 feet from the lake shore, have existed throughout recorded history, they present a changing panorama: the average erosion of bluffs is 1 to 5 feet per year. All I know is they make for great photos...

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