Aerial photograph. Differentially eroded sedimentary layers show linear ridges parallel to the shoreline with tidal channels cutting perpendicular channels. The red is seaweed (algae).

Image ID: line5060, NOAA's America's Coastlines Collection
Location: Alaska, Cook Inlet, Iliamna Bay
Credit: Alaska ShoreZone Program NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC; Courtesy of Mandy Lindeberg, NOAA/NMFS/AKFSC

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