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Sun sets on Stac Pollaidh and Loch Lurgainn in Wester Ross, Scotland.
Sun sets on Stac Pollaidh and Loch Lurgainn in Wester Ross, Scotland.

Commentary.

The sandstone pillars, chimneys and spires that make up the
“bristly” ridge of Stac Pollaidh, in Assynt, Wester Ross, fade to oblivion, as the sun seems to fall towards the horizon.
At a mere 612 metres or 2,008 feet this weathered “Inselberg” resembles a volcanic cone, but is largely a sedimentary sandstone monolith, with a 3 billion-year-old base of Lewisian Gneiss.
Despite its modest elevation, the views from its summit,
of Assynt, and its “other worldly” landscape, is quite spectacular.
As day sinks to twilight this timeless landscape seems totally unmoved by the passing of another mere day, when eons have passed by, since it came to be.
Its eternal beauty and ancient creation made me feel very temporary, small, insignificant and humble.
Nevertheless, I also felt very privileged to spend this
exquisite, but fleeting moment, at the end of a glorious day.

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Taken on: September 23, 1978
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