National Geographic Creativeのインスタグラム(natgeointhefield) - 3月30日 01時17分

Staffa is a curious #island. Off the coast of Mull, not so far from Iona, it is a good place to think about time. How easy it is, really, to climb the steps up to the top of the island and stroll quite pleasantly past the puffins nesting in the grass, to sit and listen to the washing waves. But looking down on Staffa’s signature basalt columns — black at heart but sea-crusted into somber hues, organ-piping up out of tides — I find that scientific explanations mutate to near transcendental thought. I know that the ancient lava flowed out (just so) and cooled (just so) to form the hexagonal blocks in their thousands. But that simple reasoned explanation belies the stupendous time it took! I measured my time to get here — by ferry from Oban to Mull, across Mull to Fionnphort, the wee ferry to Iona, and out to Staffa on Davey Fitzpatrick’s boat Iolaire— in mere hours. But these #rocks have lived for millions of years, since the lava flowed, since the tectonic heaving, since grinding #glaciers one after another, since the rising seas and perennial tides sculpted them into their present being. For me reason gave way to something altogether more cosmic. And I must say that I liked that. #scotland #whiskycountry Photo by @jimrichardsonng.

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