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Geological shaping of the Antrim Plateau in Northern Ireland.
How shifting tectonic plates may have shaped the Antrim plateau hundreds of millions of years ago. William Crawley takes to the local lifeboat to highlight the belief that the area was a scorching hot desert in the past. Computer graphics overlay the footage to illustrate the point. The rocks along the coastline at Red Bay illustrate the point further.
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