geology – By Alanna Pass

The land that we now know as Ireland once lay below a vast sea that covered the earth. The ancient seabed filled with layers of dead sea creatures metamorphosed into

The moon shapes in this limestone are fossils from sea animals.

limestone. Over a process of millions of years, the land was uplifted forming hills and mountains. A series of ice ages further changed the landscape by sculpting out fjords and leaving valleys and lakes in their wake. The Burren in Western Ireland is a perfect place to explore these ancient processes.

A granite “tourist” left by a glacier in the limestone.

A sculpture from limestone, water, & wind.

Wave action left these beautiful patterns in the rock

A perfect planter for a tongue fern carved by water.

Making a cairn of limestone on a mountain top in The Burren in memory of my father.

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