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Linn of Quoich
This is a close up of the top of the Linn of Quoich in the Cairngorms, Scotland.
A Linn is narrow, steep sided groove that a watercourse has cut through a shelf of hard rock. The river Quoich flows down from it's source high on Beinn a Bhuird in quite a gentle way (unless it is in spate after heavy rain), until it reaches the Linn. Here all the water rushes through a deep slot in the rock that is only a couple of feet wide, before calming down again to join up with the River Dee a bit further downstream.
I decided to go for the close up of the top of the Linn as I rather liked the dappled effect of quite strong sunlight breaking through the surrounding trees - sunlight being a bit of a novelty on this trip....
Linn of Quoich
This is a close up of the top of the Linn of Quoich in the Cairngorms, Scotland.
A Linn is narrow, steep sided groove that a watercourse has cut through a shelf of hard rock. The river Quoich flows down from it's source high on Beinn a Bhuird in quite a gentle way (unless it is in spate after heavy rain), until it reaches the Linn. Here all the water rushes through a deep slot in the rock that is only a couple of feet wide, before calming down again to join up with the River Dee a bit further downstream.
I decided to go for the close up of the top of the Linn as I rather liked the dappled effect of quite strong sunlight breaking through the surrounding trees - sunlight being a bit of a novelty on this trip....