Frozen grass, Coire Mhic Fearchair, Beinn Eighe  

Frozen grass, Coire Mhic Fearchair, Beinn Eighe - 4543

Details

  • Area: United Kingdom
  • Region: North Scotland
  • County: Ross and Cromarty

Description

Stalks of grass embedded in crystalline ice, Coire Mhic Fearchair, Triple Buttresses mountain feature behind, Beinn Eighe NNR, Torridon, Scotland. This ice has been caused by wind-blown spray from a small lake/loch nearby freezing in sub-zero temperatures. Beinn National Nature Reserve was the first NNR created in the UK, in 1951.