Photographs of the Scottish Hebridean Isle of Staffa.
Fingals Cave on the Isle of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The volcanic Staffa is famous for its spectacular hexagonal basalt columns. This cliff face is known as The Colonnade or The Great Face and it was these cliffs and caves that inspired Felix Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides Overture' which was premiered in London in 1832.
This cave became known as Fingal's Cave after the hero of a poem by the 18th century Scots poet, James Macpherson.
Fingal's Cave on the Isle of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The volcanic Staffa is famous for its spectacular hexagonal basalt columns. This cliff face is known as The Colonnade or The Great Face and it was these cliffs and caves that inspired Felix Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides Overture' which was premiered in London in 1832.
This cave became known as Fingal's Cave after the hero of a poem by the 18th century Scots poet, James Macpherson.
Fingal's Cave and the smaller Boat Cave on Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The volcanic Staffa is famous for its spectacular hexagonal basalt columns. This cliff face is known as The Colonnade or The Great Face and it was these cliffs and caves that inspired Felix Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides Overture' which was premiered in London in 1832.
This cave became known as Fingal's Cave after the hero of a poem by the 18th century Scots poet, James Macpherson.
McKinnon's Cave, Staffa in the Treshnish Isles, Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The volcanic Staffa is famous for its spectacular hexagonal basalt columns. This cliff face is known as The Colonnade or The Great Face and it was these cliffs and caves that inspired Felix Mendelssohn's 'Hebrides Overture' which was premiered in London in 1832.
This cave became known as Fingal's Cave after the hero of a poem by the 18th century Scots poet, James Macpherson.
The huge basalt columns of Staffa in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.
The hexagonal basalt columns formed due to the steady cooling of flows of volcanic lava as they came into contact with the colder tuff bedrock (compressed volcanic ash and dust). Above the columns is a layer of basaltic lava composed of shattered columns and volcanic debris.