Known as Columbus' Pulpit, on the Inner Hebrides island of Eilean Naoimh, harder shale protects softer limestone.

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Strange rock pedestal known as St Columbus' Pulpit on the Inner Hebrides island Eilean Naoimh, one of four islands of the Garvellach group. harder shale has protected softer limestone rock, with the upper rock coloured reddish by oxidation. The same stratigraphy can be seen in the background.

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Size: 3872px × 2592px
Location: Eilean Naoimh, Garvellach Islands, Inner Hebrides, Scotland
Photo credit: © Ken Crocket / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: argyll, bute, eilean, garvellach, hebrides, islands, naoimh, oxidised, pedestal, rock, shale