Walking on the moon…..

Ian on top

Volcanic rocks around St Abb’s and Eyemouth give a feeling of a lunar landscape. They are the best-exposed remnants of late Caledonian igneous rocks south of the Southern Upland Fault.

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Small pools appear as mini lakes reflecting the jagged edges of these ancient rocks.

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 Further north, at Siccar Point, James Hutton discovered his “Unconformity” and buried the biblical clock under the rocks of ages…..Silurian greywacke and Devonian sandstones.

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On a bright day, with a low camera angle, you could be walking on the moon.

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