The Cave of Melody, Scotland

Cave of Melody, Scotland. - Fingal's Cave is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa, in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland, part of a National Nature Reserve owned by the National Trust for Scotland. It is formed entirely from hexagonally jointed basalt columns within a Paleocene lava flow, similar in structure to the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland and those of nearby Ulva.

Since most people in the Northeast are huddling inside their apartments like hibernating cave dwellers, I thought it appropriate to write about a cave. Fingal’s cave, or the Cave of Melody is a sea cave on the uninhabited island of Staffa.

The beautiful geometric columns that make up the walls were formed by lava, and the echoes of the waves create an eerie melody when they bounce off the arched roof.

This cavern is totally going on my top 10 list of places I want to visit.