Scotland May 23, 1975: Sleat and Tarskavaig

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay


23 May 1975: Sleat and Tarskavaig

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Scotland Sea urchins and limpets in a tide pool.
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Scotland This wall of perfectly fitted blocks cannot be of human manufacture. It had to have been built by aliens.

There was a lot of that stuff flying around in those days. Yes, the wall was not built by humans. No, it was not built by aliens. It's a sill with columnar jointing.

Even though the structure is vertical, it is parallel to the structures in the rocks, therefore it's a sill.

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