Siccar Point is a rocky promontory on the coast of Berwickshire in southeast Scotland, and it is the most important geological site in the history of science. It was here, in 1788, that James Hutton, the father of modern geology, found the evidence that proved the Earth was far older than the 6,000 years that […]
Categories: Nature, United Kingdom
Nockberge National Park is one of Austria’s most distinctive protected areas, a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in the state of Carinthia whose gently rounded, grass-covered mountains (the “Nocke”) create a landscape unlike anywhere else in the Alps: vast rolling alpine pastures dotted with traditional wooden huts, rare wildflowers, and spectacular panoramic roads that have earned the […]
