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Cathedral Rock

Dynamic waters pummel Cathedral Rock in South Africa. Pounding waves have helped shape this coastline for 160 million years—since continental rifting tore Africa from the ancestral landmass Gondwana, leaving her edges exposed to a unique blend of currents and seas.

Photograph by David Doubilet