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NT0974 : Weld at sunset on Niddry Bing

near to Winchburgh, West Lothian, Great Britain

Weld at sunset on Niddry Bing

The oil-shale bing is a weird, rather lunar landscape at sunset. Weld, or Dyer's Rocket, grows well on the calcerous shale. The plant is used as a yellow dye. The oil-shale is still being excavated at Niddry Bing and is used as hardcore in road construction.

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2010

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Grid Square: NT0974, 24 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Greg Fitchett (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Thursday, 24 June, 2010 (more nearby)
Submitted: Tuesday, 26 July, 2011
Geographical Context: Geological interest Quarrying, Mining
Subject Location: OSGB36: NT 096 747 [100m precision]
WGS84: 55:57.4506N 3:26.9297W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NT 096 748
View Direction: SOUTH (about 180 degrees)