Møns KlintTowering over the Baltic Sea along the eastern coast of the Danish island of Møn are the c

Møns KlintTowering over the Baltic Sea along the eastern coast of the Danish island of Møn are the cliffs of Møns Klint. The impressive cliffs rise up to 128 meters and stretch as far as 7 kilometers across.They are made up of flintstone and chalk which was formed by the remains of shells from millions of microscopic coccolithophores (marine creatures with shells of calcium carbonate). The shells were deposited and compacted at the bottom of the ocean. The ancient sea floor was then raised above sea level before the last ice age and compacted and shaped by moving glaciers.The chalk of Møns Klint represents ancient life in the ocean from about 70 million years ago and is a great spot to find their fossilized remains. Fossils include sea urchins, mussels and belemnites (part of the back shell of a cuttlefish).Møns Klint is constantly affected by wind and weather and the erosion of the ocean. This effect often triggers landslides, some of which are huge. The biggest slide occurred in January 2007 when the northern part of the cliffs collapsed and created a 300 meter long peninsula of chalk and fallen trees stretching out into the Baltic Sea.XandiImage Credits:http://bit.ly/1SL9ib3Sources:http://www.moensklint.dk/geocentermoensklintuk.aspxhttp://bit.ly/1VmlIwEhttp://whenonearth.net/mons-klint/ -- source link

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