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Artificial Reefs and Beach Erosion Methods Gone Awry

Photo shows a failed attempt to hold sand in large, plastic bags or groins in an attempt to prevent beach erosion.

Photographed by Leslie Sauer, May 2003 at Avalon, New Jersey at Townsend's Inlet.