Retreated to the shelter of a ragged cliff, Old Man of Storr Isle of Skye coast worth guarding, which belongs to Scotland. Basalt spur 49 m high found parked in a precarious balance on the pedestal of stone, looks to sea as a lone soldier in the post or guard. A ton blocks, stones and debris crowd around the spur – the result of large landslides. A thick blanket of basalt – the result of volcanic eruptions 60 million years ago – - old layers of soil covering more uneven.
As a result of earth movement, soil has become unstable and large blocks of basalt have slipped sprer than being gradually eroded by the forces of nature. Old rises prominently amid the tormented landscape for centuries served as a beacon for mariners.
Its almost vertical walls and narrow cornices have always been an extreme challenge for climbers, spurs are captured only in 1955. On the rocky coast, in a clear day, the sea seems a mirror that blue sky is reflected sparkling. But within hours the air can become black; heavy clouds gather and a thick drizzle rocks bathed in a shiny black.
Here, Syke shore islands is full of history, the beach surrounded by old Storr is full of fossils, among which were found and remains of a ihtiosaur – saurian like a dolphin, an ancient 200 million years. Were discovered not far from the Anglo-Saxon silver coins, with some coming from Asian Samarkand city – probably hidden by the Vikings who invaded the region.
A cave located on the south shore of Old Man of Storr named Prince Charles – Bonnie Prince Charlie, who played a leading role in the history of Scotland. In 1745, Prince Charles Edward Stuart started to struggle to gain the throne of England on behalf of his father, son detronatului 2 King James of England. After defeat at the Battle of Culloden Moor in April 1746, Prince was watched by his enemies, and his wanderings through the island Syke, and passed along Old Man of Storr. The village was all run and hide, Prince Charles left Scotland in September 1746 and died in exile in Rome in 1788.
Old Man of Storr
April 14, 2010Giant’s Causeway
April 13, 2010Symmetry seems quite natural if you encounter anything from flowers, insects, or the fur of a tiger for example. In geology but is rare and where it occurs, starneeste amazement. Giant's Causeway in nature and has shown plenty of mathematical genius, cizeland dozens of stone columns with multifaceted, close together like a giant bundle of hexagonal pencils. From a distance, seems the only one any part of the charming coast of County Antrim, but suddenly their eyes are drawn to a strange promontory, from the base of the cliff, down into the sea smooth as a giant slide. For a moment, not knowing what to believe: if they were created by computer graphics landscape for a video game. Yet, this extravagance geological dating about 60 million years.
Europe and North America, then joined, began to depart, pushed by the Atlantic Ocean, which gradually expanded from a submarine volcanic fault line. Iceland, with its numerous active volcanoes, is right on this fault. Lava sails from Ireland and Scotland were formed here, when the two continents began their slow motion.
As poured in County Antrim, lava has created the most intinplatou of its kind in Europe. Matter content in the molten basalt was unusually high in some places, and, solidify, was contracted, but the contraction forces were so equally distributed, that lava had burst with geometric precision. The same process occurs when the thick mud on the bottom of a drained pond in the sun to dry. On Giant’s Causeway, the columns of basalt measuring about 460 mm average and their height varies between 1 and 2 m. The dam has a maximum width of 180 m, 150 m enters the sea and is composed of about 40 000 column. Over millennia, erosion and glaciers continue to struggle Atlantic waters have carved shaped dam that we see today. Each column of basalt is composed by a series of about 360 mm long segments, which were welded together but then separated by internal tensions.
From time to time, exposed portions of the waves call split along the line of fracture between segments, making the dam stepped appearance today.
Giant’s Causeway is the best known of basalt structures on shore.
