Photos of 2004 events
On Saturday 14 August, the Belfast Geologists' Society visited Rathlin Island, off the north coast of Co. Antrim. The Society's Honorary Secretary, Peter Millar, led about 20 members and guests south from Church Bay in bright sunshine to examine the geology of the Maddygalla Dyke and Doon Point.
BGS members admire the remarkable curvi-columnar structure of the Lower Basalts (Antrim Lava Group) at Doon Point, Rathlin Island.
Photo by Peter Crowther.
Mark, son of BGS President Bernard Anderson, atop the curvaceous basalt columns at Doon Point, Rathlin Island.
Photo by Peter Crowther.
On Saturday 5 June, the Belfast Geologists' Society examined the geology of the north-eastern end of the Newry Igneous Complex in Co. Down, from the summit of Slieve Croob to Ballymagreehan Quarry, ably led by Dr Mark Cooper of GSNI.
On the summit of Slieve Croob, with leader Mark Cooper (extreme left)
Photo by Peter Crowther.
Vehicles gather at the entrance to Ballymagreehan Quarry,
looking south to the Mournes
Photo by Peter Crowther.
As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations, the Belfast Geologists' Society organised an extended field trip to the Assynt region, far North West Highlands of Scotland, 23-27 May 2004, under the leadership of the Society's President Dr Bernard Anderson. Stunning scenery, perfect weather, good company, inspiring leadership - and all that remarkable geology - combined to make it a week to remember!
Classic view along the line of Torridonian Mountains,
from the Stoer Peninsula
Photo by Peter Crowther.
Looking NW from the summit of Ben Arniboll, across
the mouth of Loch Eriboll
Photo by Peter Crowther.
The Society's team and their leader, Bernard Anderson (extreme left),
at the Memorial to Survey geologists Ben Peach and John Horne,
overlooking Loch Assynt
Photo by Jim Rutherford.