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Lucy Vincent Cliff Crumbles

Protruding cliff caused by hurricane Sandy collapsed this week at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Ray Ewing
Protruding cliff caused by hurricane Sandy collapsed this week at Lucy Vincent Beach.
Ray Ewing
Lucy Vincent shoreline and cliff, as it appeared in 2007.
Peter Simon
Lucy Vincent shoreline and cliff, as it appeared in 2007.
Peter Simon
October 2012: after Hurricane Sandy carved out a U-shaped fissure in the cliffs.
Jeanna Shepard
October 2012: after Hurricane Sandy carved out a U-shaped fissure in the cliffs.
Jeanna Shepard
October 2012: the fissure created a large front protrusion.
Jeanna Shepard
October 2012: the fissure created a large front protrusion.
Jeanna Shepard
March 14, 2013: the fissure has deepened and the front of the protrusion now sits on the sand below.
Ray Ewing
March 14, 2013: the fissure has deepened and the front of the protrusion now sits on the sand below.
Ray Ewing

The face of Lucy Vincent was further transformed this weekend when a large protrusion, carved out by the hurricane Sandy in October, crashed to the beach this week. The hurricane created U-shaped fissure in the familiar cliff face, the result of a large boulder falling into the cave below. In a series of winter storms since, the that fissure has deepened; this week a large frontal portion came crashing down onto the sandy beach below. 



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