The weather changes frequently in the Highlands, and this completely
changes how the Highlands look. When the sun is shining, the hills are
a pleasant green. (A cloud is moving across them in this photo.)

But the hills look black and ghostly under a cloudy sky, and the clouds are
are often very low.

The same thing happens to water, which is blue and sparkling under
the sunshine.

Just a couple of hours later, it can be drab and gray.

Frequently, the clouds cut off the hills altogether, so that they cannot even be
seen. Sometimes they appear and disappear as low clouds go by. And
even in summertime, mist and fog are commonplace.

Webpage text copyright 2005 by Clare B. Dunkle. All photos copyright 2005 by Joseph R. Dunkle.