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Great-Britain, Scotland: The Isle of Skye
Great-Britain, Scotland: The Isle of Skye
Geology and a moist atmosphere have conspired to make the Misty Isle the most spectacular of all the Scottish islands. Sixty million years ago it was formed from lava that welled up from the widening Atlantic as Europe and America started to drift apart. Everywhere on Skye hikers can marvel at the legacy of this dramatic past: in the imposing Cuillin Mountains, on black basaltic shores and between the bizarre pinnacles of the Trotternish Peninsula.
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'The Old Man of Storr-1.'
On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula the pinnacle of the Old Man of Storr gives a dramatic touch to the landscape. Its geological history is no less dramatic. As most of northern Skye, the Old Man consists of lava that welled up from the earth as The Atlantic Ocean opened up and Western Europe and America started to drift apart 60 millions years ago. On the eastern edge of the Trotternish peninsula parts of the formed lava sheet tumbled down in massive landslides, creating jagged peaks such as the Old Man. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'The Old Man of Storr-1.'
On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula the pinnacle of the Old Man of Storr gives a dramatic touch to the landscape. Its geological history is no less dramatic. As most of northern Skye, the Old Man consists of lava that welled up from the earth as The Atlantic Ocean opened up and Western Europe and America started to drift apart 60 millions years ago. On the eastern edge of the Trotternish peninsula parts of the formed lava sheet tumbled down in massive landslides, creating jagged peaks such as the Old Man. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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'The Old Man of Storr-1.'
On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula the pinnacle of the Old Man of Storr gives a dramatic touch to the landscape. Its geological history is no less dramatic. As most of northern Skye, the Old Man consists of lava that welled up from the earth as The Atlantic Ocean opened up and Western Europe and America started to drift apart 60 millions years ago. On the eastern edge of the Trotternish peninsula parts of the formed lava sheet tumbled down in massive landslides, creating jagged peaks such as the Old Man. Photo Mick Palarczyk.](http://cdn.smugmug.com/img/spacer.gif "Smit & Palarczyk > [BRITAIN.HEBRIDES 27746]
'The Old Man of Storr-1.'
On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula the pinnacle of the Old Man of Storr gives a dramatic touch to the landscape. Its geological history is no less dramatic. As most of northern Skye, the Old Man consists of lava that welled up from the earth as The Atlantic Ocean opened up and Western Europe and America started to drift apart 60 millions years ago. On the eastern edge of the Trotternish peninsula parts of the formed lava sheet tumbled down in massive landslides, creating jagged peaks such as the Old Man. Photo Mick Palarczyk.")
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'The Old Man of Storr-1.'
On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula the pinnacle of the Old Man of Storr gives a dramatic touch to the landscape. Its geological history is no less dramatic. As most of northern Skye, the Old Man consists of lava that welled up from the earth as The Atlantic Ocean opened up and Western Europe and America started to drift apart 60 millions years ago. On the eastern edge of the Trotternish peninsula parts of the formed lava sheet tumbled down in massive landslides, creating jagged peaks such as the Old Man. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
'The Old Man of Storr-1.'
On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula the pinnacle of the Old Man of Storr gives a dramatic touch to the landscape. Its geological history is no less dramatic. As most of northern Skye, the Old Man consists of lava that welled up from the earth as The Atlantic Ocean opened up and Western Europe and America started to drift apart 60 millions years ago. On the eastern edge of the Trotternish peninsula parts of the formed lava sheet tumbled down in massive landslides, creating jagged peaks such as the Old Man. Photo Mick Palarczyk.
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