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A venerable age

            Geologically, Table Mountain is primarily composed of sedimentary rocks. Sandstones produce its steep and jagged cliff faces consisting of thickly layered quartzitic sandstone, very hard and resistant to erosion.

The mountain as we see it today is only about 60 million years old.. still a venerable age compared to that of the Alps (32 million years) and the Himalayas (40 million years) bearing in mind the age of the rock itself (540 million years).

Shot with a Canon EOS 700D 
from one of the world’s wonders of Nature.

Taken in: South Africa / Western Cape / Cape Town / Newlands (show map)

Taken on: January 1, 2000

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Camera: Canon EOS 700D, f/4.0, 1/400 sec, 27mm, ISO 160 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 700D
Aperture:	f/4.0
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/400)
Focal Length:	27mm
ISO:	160
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
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