Geo, Brough of Birsay, Orkney

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Orkney - Birsay

A narrow parallel-sided cliff inlet, known as a geo, Brough of Birsay, Orkney. It looks like a dyke has been intruded into the Old Red Sandstone country rock, forming a weakness which has been exploited by the erosive power of the sea. You can see the thermally metamorphosed sediments on both sides of the dyke, with joints parallel to the dyke and at right angles to the country rock. In the foreground is a boulder beach thrown up by storms. The large scale of this feature can be seen by the people in the top right of the picture.

17 May 2014

Power station at Ravenscraig Steelworks

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Ravenscraig steelworks in the 1970s

The power station at Ravenscraig Steelworks, Motherwell, taken by David Palmar

29 January 2021

Excavating the breach in the sea wall, RSPB Skinflats

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Falkirk - Skinflats

Excavating the breach in the sea wall at the RSPB Scotland Skinflats Managed Realignment Scheme

03 October 2018

Peterhead power station

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Aberdeenshire - Peterhead

Peterhead power station used to be oil-fired; however since 2000 the power station has been converted to use natural gas. The coastal location of the power station makes it possible to use sea water for cooling.

24 January 2016

Peterhead gas fired power station, Aberdeenshire

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Aberdeenshire - Peterhead

Peterhead gas fired power station, Aberdeenshire

28 January 2017

Solar thermal panel, Eigg

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Eigg - Kildonnan

A solar thermal panel on this building at Kildonnan provides hot water when the sun shines and are a useful adjunct to the Eigg electricity grid. This house has even restored its old water wheel.

01 September 2016

Dyke showing contact metamorphism, Eigg

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Eigg - Cleadale

A dyke intruded into the country rock has baked it hard during contact metamorphism so it stands out as two parallel ridges on either side of the dyke, resisting marine erosion, Singing Sands, Eigg

30 August 2016