Weathered, eroded sea cliffs at Hermaness on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland, UK. This rock is of the Moine Supergroup.


Weathered, eroded sea cliffs at Hermaness on the island of Unst in Shetland, Scotland, UK. This rock is of the Moine Supergroup - Gneissose Psammite and Gneissose Semipelite - metamorphic bedrock formed approximately 542 to 1000 million years ago. Originally sedimentary rocks, later altered by high grade regional metamorphism.


Size: 4592px × 3448px
Location: Unst, Shetland, Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Alan Morris / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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