Throughout advent, we’re sharing some of our favourite entries to Earth Science Week photography competitions past and present – all of which feature the beautiful geology of the UK and Ireland. Check back each day for a new image! Continue reading
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The Great Geoadvent 2018
Throughout advent, we’re sharing some of our favourite entries to Earth Science Week photography competitions past and present – all of which feature the beautiful geology of the UK and Ireland. Check back each day for a new image! Continue reading
Door 19: The Evacuation of St Kilda
Behind door nineteen, the most remote of our #100geosites, which attracted some beautiful photo competition entries! Continue reading
Door 12 – Trotternish and the Macdonald Clan
The spectacular Trotternish peninsula on the Isle of Skye is home to the famous geological sites of the Quirang and the 719m summit of the Storr. They are formed from a set of post-glacial, large-scale landslides which give the impression of the landscape sliding away in front of you. These unusual landforms combined with the stark … Continue reading
Door 9 – Funzie and the Trows of Shetland
Behind door 9 of the #geoadvent, we take a closer look at one of our winning #100geosites images… Continue reading
Door one: A calendar of Cuillins
100 Great Geosites calendar!
Following the announcement of our recent photography competition winners, our 100 Great Geosites 2016 calendar is now on sale! Featuring high quality prints of the 13 winning images (12 months plus a cover), and geological descriptions of each featured site, the calendar is A3 size and priced £7.50. Sites included in the calendar range from … Continue reading
100 Great Geosites photo competition – the results!
We’re delighted to announce the winners of our photography competition, ‘100 Great Geosites.’ Based on the Society’s list of 100 geosites in the UK and Ireland, published last year, the 13 images will all feature in a 2016 calendar, available for sale soon. The competition, open to all, asked for images featuring … Continue reading
The 100 Great Geosites Photo Competition
Help us create a 2016 #100geosites calendar! This time last year, you were hard at work flooding us with nominations for our #100geosites project – over 400 sites made it into the longlist before public voting began. In October, we launched the final list – 100 of the great geological sites you can see in … Continue reading
The 100 Geosites film quiz – the ANSWERS
Sooo, Earth Science Week is coming to a close and it’s time to announce the answers to our film quiz! Continue reading
