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New open access preprint (based on some old work 😑 ) looking at the "Stotfield Cherty Rock" (a Triassic silcrete/calcrete) which turns out to have been used in archaeological tool-making... It looks fabulous under 254nm UV light - so much going on in these rocks. 🤓 🤩 More here:

https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/9450/

#Geology #Archaeology #Lithics #Duricrust #Calcrete #Silcrete #Lossiemouth #MorayFirth #Sedimentary

The image is in two halves: on the left is a sawn slice of mottled pale brown rock, with many cavities, and a cm scale bar below. On the right, the same view, illuminated in ultra-violet light. Many areas of the rock show a banded cream and green luminescence.

The image is in two halves: on the left is a view of 7 pale brown rock fragments and a cm scale bar below. On the right, the same view, illuminated in ultra-violet light. The rock fragment show a bright green luminescence, with yellow and red in patches.

The image is in two halves: on the left is a sawn slice of mottled pale brown and black rock, with a cm scale bar below. On the right, the same view, illuminated in ultra-violet light. The black area is still black, but part of the pale brown area is showing bright pink colours, and a complex structure.

I'm very, very pleased to have taken this photo today, I haven't seen this young dolphin (ID#1332) up close for a while and was worried about his health. He has a deformation of the lower jaw and I wondered if he would thrive and hunt well for himself once he was weaned by his mum "Spirtle". I needn't have worried - he's a brilliant wee character, fit and full of fish. #dolphin #morayfirth #nature #wildlife

A young Bottlenose dolphin jumping out of the water, this 4 year old has a slight bottom jaw deformity, he's had it since he was very young, possibly hitting something in the water which has dislocated the bottom mandible. He's healthy and a good weight meaning he's hunting for himself very well.

Warning after boats filmed getting 'too close' to orcas in Moray Firth | STV News
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https://news.stv.tv/north/warning-after-boats-filmed-getting-too-close-to-orcas-in-moray-firth

#MorayFirth #Orca #Whale

A Bottlenose dolphin escorting a French registered cruiser out of the Chanonry Narrows today. #dolphins #morayfirth #nature #Scotland

A bottlenose dolphin bow riding with a cruiser boat, the dolphin is in front of the boats bow in a big splosh of water. Inner Moray Firth, Scotland.

Saturday, Cullen💙 #walking #eveningwalks #cullen #cullenharbour #morayfirth #moray

Four photo collage. Evening sunset over the sea and beach. Golden tones, silvery/gold sea, orange skies, pale clouds. Top right and bottom left, a row of fishing cottages with white gable ends.

Today, Findochty-Portessie💙 #walking #coastalwalking #morayfirth #findochty #finechty #portessie #buckie #moray

Four photo collage of a rocky coastline rocky coastline. Warm early summer day, blue skies, some grey rain clouds, blue sea in differing tones. Beige sand amongst grey/beige/honey coloured rocks of different shapes and sizes, leading out to sea of varying blue tones. Top left and bottom right includes a nearby village, the front line white/ grey row of cottages.

Today, Cullen💙 #walking #coastalwalking #cullen #cullenharbour #cullenviaduct #binofcullen #morayfirth #moray

Four photo collage, bright, early summer day, deep blue skies, some white clouds, deep blue sea. Top left: yellow gorse surrounding bright green crops in field, broadleaf trees in a row, blue hill in background. Top right: looking over whitewashed cottages with terracotta and grey rooftops to a Mediterranean blue sea, beige harbour walls surround a small harbour. Bottom right: green grass, green broadleaf trees and grey stone viaduct, eight arches to be seen. Bottom left: colourful small boats , blue, white, red, in a small grey stone-walled harbour, leading to deep blue sea, a glimpse of cliffs to the left of the image.

Beautiful conditions out there today for a #GoodFriday boat trip 😍 #morayfirth

Calm blue sea, landscape and blue skies with some puffy clouds.

Old Ramp, Chanonry Point, Scotland. August 2022. Ref-11578
https://www.denisolivier.com/photography/old-ramp-chanonry-point-scotland/en/11578
#highland #ramp #rosemarkie #gold120 #denisolivier #stone #fortrose #manfrotto #morayfirth #scotland #horizon #beach #chanonry #pierre #blackisle

#meermittwoch #myphoto #iphonephotography #scotland #MorayFirth

A coastal scene featuring rocky shorelines with a calm sea and a clear blue sky.

Hot on the heels of a #SilentSunday post - here's a #SillySunday one... two young Bottlenose dolphins in the Inner Moray Firth, Scotland, both playing a game of "throw the seaweed" to each other. It was wonderful to watch. #nature #dolphins #morayfirth

Two Bottlenose dolphins having fun in the Inner Moray Firth by throwing a large frond of holdfast kelp to each other.

Five male Bottlenose dolphins larking around in the Inner Moray Firth, Scotland - a group of dolphins that I call the "Bad Boys Club" #Dolphins #scottishwildlifephotography #MorayFirth

Four male Bottlenose dolphins larking around in the Inner Moray Firth, Scotland, the water is calm and there is Black Isle landscape in the distance.

Today, Loch of Blairs and Findhorn💙 #walking #lochofblairs #altyre #forres #findhorn #findhornpoint #findhornee #morayfirth #moray

Four photo collage. Cool autumn day. Top left: pale green dune grass, leading to sandy, to blue sea with tide out, blue/grey sky. Top right: dark blue loch surrounded by green mainly conifer trees, perfectly reflecting in the water. Pale blue sky. Bottom right: pale blue/aqua beach huts, sand and shingles, leading to blue sea, ride out. Grey/blue sky. Bottom left: looking over reeds and pale green grass to a blue lock surrounded by dark green pine trees. Blue sky, white streaky clouds.

A lovely surprise today when we had a close encounter with a small group of Common #dolphins in the Inner Moray Firth - this wee beauty surfacing very close to my camera. #morayfirth #nature #wildlife

A Common dolphin coming to the surface of the sea to breathe with bubbles all round its blowhole. Inner Moray Firth, only a few miles from Inverness, Scotland.

Can hardly believe it's October out here today... 😎 #MorayFirth #meermittwoch #SeaWednesday

A calm blue sea and almost cloudless sky on the 2nd of October, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland.

A frame from a #dolphin ID boat trip last Friday - a young female dolphin ID#1253 literally jumping into the frame, Inner Moray Firth, #Scotland #nature #MorayFirth

A young Bottlenose dolphin breaching out of the water, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland.

Did you know... #dolphins will often play with inanimate objects that they find in their environment, here we have a young female Bottlenose dolphin called Spirtle in the Inner Moray Firth playing with seaweed, she throws a bit of holdfast kelp into the air and in the other shot she's holding the wrack in her pectoral fin or flipper. Great fun 🐬 😀 #MorayFirth #SeaweedSaturday #nature #wildlife #Scotland

A dolphin throwing a big bit of kelp seaweed into the air, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland

A dolphin holding on to a bit of seaweed with its flipper, Inner Moray Firth, Scotland.

Hoping all my friends here have a good week - here's a close up shot of Bottlenose dolphin ID#1239 "Ruby" saying hello to us out in the Firth. #nature #dolphins #morayfirth #wildlife #wildlifephotography

A Bottlenose dolphin jumping out of the water very close to the boat that the photographer is on. Moray Firth, Scotland

A big male Bottlenose dolphin leaping out the water in a huge plume of spray with a captured salmon in his mouth, Chanonry Narrows, Black Isle, Scotland #nature #dolphins #morayfirth #ChanonryPoint #wildlifephotography #marinebiology

A big male Bottlenose dolphin leaping out of the water with a salmon in his mouth, Moray Firth, Scotland

The secluded and beautifully located hamlet of Kilmuir on the north side of the Moray Firth, just over a mile along the shore from the Kessock Bridge but rather further using the maze of single track roads on this side of the estuary. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/northkessock/kilmuir/index.html

#Scotland #BlackIsle #Kilmuir #MorayFirth #KessockBridge #UndiscoveredScotland

#MorayFirth

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