Calvert Cliffs

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Photo of cliffs with exposed stone and green vegetation on top, next to a body of grayish water, and a mostly gray sky above, some dead wood and debris on shore in foreground

Jul 13th, 2002, by Alex Zorach

I took this photo of the Calvert cliffs when visiting Calvert Cliffs State Park, in Calvert county, Maryland, during the summer of 2002 when I was working at UMCES.

I find these cliffs to be quite remarkable in that they bear little resemblance to any other cliffs I have visited on the east coast. They remind me a lot more of California, and a bit of some formations in the midwest, on the great lakes.

Calvert Cliffs State Park also has some interesting ecology and is a good place to visit if you wish to familiarize yourself with some local ecosystems.