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Photograph showing a high scarp cut into the large pile of stamp sands

By Coastal and Marine Hazards and Resources Program September 2018 (approx.)
A man stands beside a high, vertical pile of dark brown stamp sands
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Photograph showing a high scarp cut into the large pile of stamp sands at the town of Gay, Michigan. Nearly a century of erosion by waves and currents has transported millions of cubic yards of mine tailings along the coast and spread them across the adjacent lake floor.

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Public Domain.