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- A boater on northern Michigan’s Lake Superior captured on video a large section of a massive cliff wall crashing into the water.
- “We could hear the cliff wall popping and cracking and within 60 seconds a section of cliff approximately 200 feet wide fell before us,” Jahn Martin said.
- “The splash and swell wave were very dramatic.”
A boater on northern Michigan’s Lake Superior captured on video a large section of a massive cliff wall crashing into the water.
The piece of the cliff wall, which consists of sandstone and dirt measuring around 200 feet, fell at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
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“We could hear the cliff wall ‘popping and cracking’ and within 60 seconds a section of cliff approximately 200 feet wide fell before us,” Jahn Martin told WLUC-TV. “The splash and swell wave were very dramatic.”
“Our trips to Marquette/Munising never disappoint,” Martin added.
VIDEO: Cliff face at Pictured Rocks falls into Lake Superior https://t.co/09BEunUiEj
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Cliff tops at Pictured Rocks are “covered with loose sand and gravel,” according to the National Park Service webpage. “Unsupported overhangs of soft sandstone are common. Rockfalls along the cliffs happen periodically.”
WLUC TV reported that the rockfall created waves roughly 10 to 12 feet high. No injuries have been reported.
A rockfall in 2018 barely missed a group of kayakers near the same area, according to The Associated Press.
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