Aerial archives show UK’s fast vanishing coastlines over past 30 years
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You may not perceive that the UK’s most iconic coastlines are vanishing at a shocking speed, but a British photographer has recorded the changes over the past 30 years. Shown here are the vanishing Happisburgh coastline in 1999, 2009 and 2019 from top to the bottom. /VCG Photo

You may not perceive that the UK’s most iconic coastlines are vanishing at a shocking speed, but a British photographer has recorded the changes over the past 30 years. Shown here are the vanishing Happisburgh coastline in 1999, 2009 and 2019 from top to the bottom. /VCG Photo

Mike Page, 79, created the unique aerial archive. Easton Bavents in Suffolk has a narrower coastline from 1999 to 2019 in the pictures. /VCG Photo

Mike Page, 79, created the unique aerial archive. Easton Bavents in Suffolk has a narrower coastline from 1999 to 2019 in the pictures. /VCG Photo

1999-2019: Benacre Pumping Station in Suffolk. /VCG Photo

1999-2019: Benacre Pumping Station in Suffolk. /VCG Photo

The landscape of Happisburgh, Norfolk saw radical changes in the 10 years between 1999 and 2009. /VCG Photo

The landscape of Happisburgh, Norfolk saw radical changes in the 10 years between 1999 and 2009. /VCG Photo

Upper: Happisburgh, Norfolk in 1999; Lower: Happisburgh in 2009. /VCG Photo

Upper: Happisburgh, Norfolk in 1999; Lower: Happisburgh in 2009. /VCG Photo

Flying over the sky to photograph East Anglia has been a major hobby for Mike Page who has been taken over 90,000 images of the place. /VCG Photo

Flying over the sky to photograph East Anglia has been a major hobby for Mike Page who has been taken over 90,000 images of the place. /VCG Photo