Scottish Highlands
October 12, 2025 at 8:42 p.m.
THE VIEW FROM HERE — On the ground, the Scottish Highlands are a ruggedly beautiful but barren place. Glaciation in the last 15,000 years stripped off the soil, so knee-high heather and clumps of grass, ferns and mosses make up most of the vegetation. (Photo: Courtesy of Gerald Klingaman.)
... a sparsely populated, barren landscape
