Digital Photograph: Godley Head

Maker
Michael Davies
Production date
26 May 2013
 Description
One landscape colour digital photograph taken on 26 May 2013 off Godley Head looking west towards the face of the cliffs. Rock which fell from the cliffs is heaped at the waters edge. Some of the buildings from the coastal defence battery are visible on top of the cliff. Volcanic banding is visible in the face of the cliffs.
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Maker
Production place
Lyttelton Harbour - Whakaraupo/Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Collecting unit
Pictorial
Production role
Photographer
Researcher comments/remarks
There were several major rock falls along the coastal cliffs near Christchurch and Lyttelton Harbour. The weathered rock and vegetation which fell from the outer edges of the cliffs has exposed bare rock, clearly showing the geological makeup of the landforms at the edges of the volcanic cones of Banks Peninsula. The cracking that has occurred in the rock faces will, over the next few years, lead to faster weathering and potentially erosion of parts of these cliffs. At the shoreline the deposited loose rock has changed the shape of localised areas of the coastal environment.
Associated place
Lyttelton/Christchurch/Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Godley Head/Christchurch
Associated event
Earthquake 4 September 2010; 04 September 2010; Canterbury/South Island/New Zealand
Earthquake, 22 February 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Earthquake, 13 June 2011 Christchurch, New Zealand
Associated event notes
Damage caused
Damage caused
Damage caused
Associated period
2013/2010s
Current rights
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
Current rights code
Creative Commons - CC BY-NC
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Other id
DSC06423
Accession number
2013.17.132

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