Today’s collection of photographs entered into our 100 Great Geosites photo competition are of the beautiful Glencoe, in the Scottish Highlands. Second only to the Cuillins in number of entries received, we could have made an entire calendar of Glancoes alone! Continue reading
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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 eleven
Durham wasn’t the only building to make it into our list of 100 Great Geosites – London’s Westminster Abbey also appears, both as a place to see some beautiful geology, and a burial place for many of geology’s famous faces. Continue reading
Door ten
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Door six
The geoadvent countdown continues with more images from our recent 100 geosites photo competition…* Continue reading
Door five
Door four
Our geoadvent countdown continues, with more photographs from the recent 100 Great Geosites photography competition.* Continue reading
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