That looks like a Stingray Lie Trevor, where they bury themselves in the sand laying in wait for pray, then when they get out all the sand off their back settles around the lay forming a crater looking hole - could be something else, maybe some kids played there earlier ?
Nice catch all the same !!
Bob, that's an interesting thought about stingrays, but i thought maybe the waves, as small as they are, would still wash it out once the ray had gone as the tide receded.
I don't think kids, it was too pristine, and had no footprints except mine.
But.... could be.
Jennifer, I really liked your picture, made me a bit homesick for blustery walks on windswept Hebridean beaches . But the black sand in your photo at Glen Brittle and other Skye beaches hasn't come 1000km from the coast and sandur plains of Iceland. It's from the local rocks - the gabbro and basalt that makes up much of Skye, including the famous Black Cuillin mountains. Sorry for being picky! Just thought you'd like to know.
And Five Sisters of Kintail from Ratagan in your pic below? Another scenic spot!
Ah well, I was just being poetic.
I have no idea about geology.
It's a lovely spot .
Spent a few weeks doing the YHA s in Skye.
And down the west coast too.
Got some lovely shots of Bonnie Scotland.
I spent too much time studying the rocks, volcanoes and landscapes of Scotland and Iceland, so you have my apologies for being probably needlessly pedantic. Time in that scenery is always time well spent, so long as the midgies aren't out in force
. But the black sand in your photo at Glen Brittle and other Skye beaches hasn't come 1000km from the coast and sandur plains of Iceland. It's from the local rocks - the gabbro and basalt that makes up much of Skye, including the famous Black Cuillin mountains. Sorry for being picky! Just thought you'd like to know.
