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Glacial Sand and Gravel deposited within a kettle hole, Baumaris, Anglesey, Wales, UK, June.
Sediment is deposited around a block of ice left near the front of a melting or retreating glacier. When the block of ice melts sediment is deposited into the void. In this image the gravel an the right hand side with a near vertical contact was deposited as the ice melted.