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Inondation zancléenne du bassin méditerranéen

An aerial view of a massive waterfall pouring from the Atlantic Ocean into a dry, salt-covered Mediterranean basin during the Zanclean flood, illuminated by the low afternoon sun.

Deep time, the Zanclean flood at the end of the Miocene, the Atlantic bursting through the Strait of Gibraltar and falling in a vast white cataract into the dry salt basin of the Mediterranean, seen from high above, the low afternoon sun from the west lighting the mist, salt white, sea blue and ochre, matte painting, 24mm. Voir plus

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