Basaltic Grotto of Staffa

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Basaltic grotto of Staffa, exterior, from Louis Figuier's The World Before the Deluge, 1867 American edition. Staffa is an island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland.

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Photo credit: © Photo Researchers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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