Inaccessible Pinnacle and Great Stone Chute from the col near the summit of Sgurr Alasdair. Rugged grandeur, extraordinaire, Black Cuillins, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

            Poem.


Slate grey basalt and black gabbro, precipitous igneous rocks.
The highest ridges of the Black Cuillins.
An ancient rocky rim, remnant of a blown super-volcano.
Now shattered by global cooling, in the deep ice ages.
Two thousand feet of ice-riven rock, provides a rough track in or out.

Grand, brutal, stark, awesome.
A lift to the body, soul, spirit and mind.
Distant views of mountainous islands, headlands, ocean and mainland can distract from the precarious ridge.
At your peril !!!

   

Taken in: UK / Scotland / Bualintur (show map)

Taken on: May 27, 2007

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Camera: Canon EOS 5D, f/7.1, 1/125 sec, 50mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5D
Lens:	EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.008 sec (1/125)
Focal Length:	50mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	-1/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Lightroom 7.1.2 (Windows)
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