Photo of the Day

Basalt pinnacles on Trotternish Peninsula
March 29, 2010

Basalt Pinnacles, Scotland

This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features

On Skye's Trotternish Peninsula, basalt pinnacles loom over the Sound of Raasay. Rising from the debris of an ancient landslide, they bear witness to the geologic upheavals that shaped these lands.


See more photographs from the January 2010 feature story "Edge of the World."
Photograph by Jim Richardson
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