Castle Rock scarred

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The magnitude 7.1 Christchurch earthquake broke off an enormous chunk of Castle Rock in the Port Hills which has tumbled down towards the Lyttelton tunnel. View from Morgan's Valley (-43.578037° 172.714828°).

Castle Rock Fall

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Can't believe how much of this rock fell off! Its looks totally different - no longer a castle. Sad but very glad that the huge rock did not hit anything on the way down!

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The damage to Castle Rock, overlooking the Heathcote Valley from the 7.1 earthquake on September 4th.

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Castle Rock above Heathcote, showing damage (and two very large pieces in the foreground) that came down during the 7.1 quake on 4th September.

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Two of the large boulders (larger than a house or two) that came down from Castle Rock (see the fence in front of the boulders).