From late 2012, after superstorm Sandy, to mid-January 2014, this video shows the collapsing cliff at Lucy Vincent beach in Chilmark.
The first three stills, silent in the clip, show the cliff at the end of 2012 and in March 2013, when a child is seen climbing high on the crumbling cliff.
The second part of the clip, with the windy soundtrack, shows how erosion had progressed by late October, 2013. You can see that the part of the cliff where the child had been climbing in March has collapsed.
The third part of the video, in which waves are the loudest sound, shows Lucy Vincent Beach on January 15, 2014. Even more of the cliff has collapsed, including an archway and former cave.
Visitors to the beach are advised that these cliffs are very unstable. It is not a good idea to stand next to the tall parts for very long, or to leave the clifftop path.
When Patch visited Wednesday morning, we could hear rocks and sand trickling down, and the warning signs cautioning people to keep back had been buried in the landslide since our last shoot in October.
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