Crummock Water
May 24, 2012
In the English Lake District
This is actually Foinaven in the remote NW of Scotland. It’s composed of Cambrian Quartzite on a Gneiss base. The Quartz is 500 million years old and shines brightly in the sun. The Lewisian Gneiss is 3000 million years old and is some of the oldest rock in Europe.