The Needle and the Porte d'Aval seen through the Porte d'Amont

A coastal rock formation features a large arch, with layered stone textures visible. The foreground includes rocky terrain covered in brown algae.

The Porte d'Amont is the smallest of the three arches of Étretat cliffs.

In a letter to Flaubert and later in his novel “Une vie”, Guy de Maupassant sees an elephant's trunk plunged into the sea as a visual pareidolia.

Fujifilm X-T3
Fujifilm Fujinon XF 16-80mm f/4.0 R OIS WR
54 mm (35.8 mm with crop factor)
ISO 320
ƒ/4
1/11000 s
Map showing location of “The Needle and the Porte d'Aval seen through the Porte d'Amont” in Étretat, France

Étretat, France

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