The shift past the autumnal equinox marks rapidly shortening days in the Scottish Highlands, accompanied by cold air and the first snow on the hills. Although writer Merryn Glover originally dreaded the northern cold and relied on a light box, three decades in Scotland have changed her perspective. She now welcomes the low sunlight that sharpens landscape details following weeks of rain and heavy cloud. The accompanying dark evenings provide clear views of planets, stars, and the Milky Way over local lochs.
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Living in the Scottish Highlands for three decades enabled Glover to fully acclimatise to…: Living in the Scottish Highlands for three decades enabled Glover to fully acclimatise to shrinking daylight hours.
Angled sunlight provides sharp visual clarity by casting dramatic shadows across twigs an…: Angled sunlight provides sharp visual clarity by casting dramatic shadows across twigs and rocks in the landscape.
Expanding darkness offers spectacular astronomical vistas over the lochs that foster genu…: Expanding darkness offers spectacular astronomical vistas over the lochs that foster genuine hope for the approaching winter.
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It is the one clear day in a fortnight of heavy cloud, wind and rain, so I am out by the loch, basking in the rays of light, breathing them in, hoarding for the weeks to come.
This time of year makes them all the more precious. Here in the Highlands, once we are past the autumnal equinox, we can almost feel the Earth tipping away from the sun as the light grows shorter each day and the night steals back. It’s a turn that is especially obvious when the clocks change and our evenings are suddenly dark.
As an Australian brought up in south Asia and raised on sunshine, when I first moved here I found this shift dismaying and I dreaded the months ahead. For a few years a light box sustained me through the depths of winter. But in my three decades in Scotland, I have acclimatised. I’ve found increasing reasons to glory in autumn, when the encroaching darkness is offset by a particular radiance in the light, especially at either end of the day, as the…
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