Skye to Harris

Stormy weather

The most northerly tip of the Isle of Lewis, called the Butt of Lewis, is famous for its high winds and waves. The day I was there the winds were so strong I could barely stand and the waves were crashing on the cliffs and pillars, made of Precambrian metamorphic (Lewisian gneiss), some of the oldest rock in the world, around 3,000 million years old. Outer Hebrides, Scotland.

Butt of Lewisstormy seasstong windshigh wavesblack and whiteseafoamspumecliffspillarsPrecambrian rockmetamorphic rockLewisian gneissancient rocksIsle of LewisOuter HerbridesScotland