Ben Lomond

[Ken Rennie]

This image could have been in Thursday's Task or Salvage Saturday, a previously unprocessed image of Ben Lomond and Loch Ard, this image does make me want to go back and live in Scotland even though I know that it seldom look like this. I was born 16 and married 20 miles away from here. Ken

 

[AlanLichty]

Not certain I have ever seen an image of the "real" Ben Lomond peak before. I like the way it looks in this scene with the lake down in front.

Utah has a peak Ben Lomond near Ogden that actually looks remarkably similar so I suspect some early settler saw the resemblance and named the Utah peak after this one.

 

[Ben Egbert]

As usual a great image from you Ken.

 

[Ken Rennie]

Not certain I have ever seen an image of the "real" Ben Lomond peak before. I like the way it looks in this scene with the lake down in front.

Utah has a peak Ben Lomond near Ogden that actually looks remarkably similar so I suspect some early settler saw the resemblance and named the Utah peak after this one.

Thanks Alan, this is not the usual angle to take Ben Lomond from and it usually looks totally different. Like all Scottish mountains it has been ground down by glaciation. In this case flowing from right to left. On the far side of the mountain is Loch Lomond a 600ft deep loch scoured out by a glacier. This looks like a giant crag and tail so I would guess that the central core is granite with softer rocks around. Scotland has numerous crag and tails Edinburgh Castle sits on one as does nearby Stirling Castle but they are only a few hundred ft high not the 3,000ft+ of Ben Lomond. Ken

 

[JimFox]

I am glad you pulled this from the archives. A very pleasing image with that soft light. I can see why you would want to go back.