Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland, 19th century. Artist: Frederic Sorrieu

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Fingal's Cave, Island of Staffa, Scotland, 19th century. The best known of the caves on the southwest coast of Staffa, Scottish Inner Hebrides, was the inspiration for Felix Mendelssohn's overture 'The Hebrides.' The cave was formed by basalt lava flows which cooled to form hexagonal columns similar to those of the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.

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Size: 4807px × 3638px
Location: World,Europe,United Kingdom,Scotland,Argyll and Bute,Staffa
Photo credit: © The Print Collector/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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