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内斯特角灯塔上空的银河 ,苏格兰斯凯岛 Milky Way over Neist Point Lighthouse, Isle of Skye, Scotland (© Shaiith/Getty Images)

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内斯特角灯塔上空的银河苏格兰斯凯岛 Milky Way over Neist Point Lighthouse, Isle of Skye, Scotland (© Shaiith/Getty Images)

Step into the dark

We're on the Isle of Skye, a fitting locale to celebrate the beginning of International Dark Sky Week, and not just because of its name. The Isle of Skye is one of several parts of Scotland that are set aside as Dark Sky parks, where the lack of artificial light makes stargazing a spectacular event, with or without a telescope.

First observed in 2003, International Dark Sky Week was the brainchild of then-high school student Jennifer Barlow. Her goal was to bring awareness of the impact of light pollution on people and the environment. Her efforts have made it a worldwide event and a centerpiece of Global Astronomy Month.

Silver birch (Betula pendula) woodland, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Scotland (© Nature Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Silver birch (Betula pendula) woodland, Craigellachie National Nature Reserve, Scotland (© Nature Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)

The Lady of the Woods

Silver birch trees like these in Craigellachie National Nature Reserve have long been celebrated as symbols of purity and rebirth. In early Celtic mythology, bundles of their twigs were used to drive out spirits of the old year while in Scottish Highlands folklore it was believed that a barren cow herded with a birch stick would become fertile. Known as the “lady of the woods”, the old Gaelic word for birch, beith, can be found in some Scottish place names – the same goes for birk in England and bedw in Wales.

This nature reserve in Strathspey, in the Highlands, is known for its upland birch woodland, which is home to an impressive selection of moths among a wide variety of other creatures from dragonflies to peregrine falcons. The light, open canopy of silver birches also encourage wood anemones and dog violets to grow during the spring and summer – as well as offering a glimpse of panoramic views of Britain’s largest national park – the Cairngorms - which can be enjoyed, unobstructed, if you climb to the hill’s craggy summit.

苏格兰福斯湾的巴斯岩 Bass Rock in Scotland’s Firth of Forth (© Richard Shucksmith/Minden Pictures)

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苏格兰福斯湾巴斯岩 Bass Rock in Scotland's Firth of Forth (© Richard Shucksmith/Minden Pictures)

An island for the birds

Those white specks scattered around the surface of Bass Rock are northern gannets—seabirds that spend their springtime breeding and nesting season on the islands and shores of the North Atlantic. At the height of the birds' Bass Rock nesting, roughly 150,000 gannets arrive to rear their chicks, making this location the largest gannet colony on Earth. There are no human inhabitants on Bass Rock—the lighthouse is automated. The tiny volcanic plug island is just over a mile off the coast of the Lothian region of eastern Scotland in the Firth of Forth.

设得兰群岛上的一座老农场,苏格兰 An old farm in the Shetland Islands, Scotland (© Michael Runkel/Getty Images)

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草原天堂
英国,勒威克

让人无限满足的设得兰群岛
难得一见的冷僻仙境

如果一月的最后一个星期二,你在苏格兰勒威克的话,你将见证圣火节(Up-Helly-Aa)的庆祝活动。在离英国北岸不远的设得兰群岛上,维京人的文化影响犹在。当节日临近时,许多设得兰人打扮成维京人的样子,在勒威克的街道上游行,并举行一系列的歌曲、喜剧表演,最后以火炬点燃一艘仿制的巨型维京战舰作为游行的终点。“Up Helly Aa”这个名字大致上被翻译成“神圣的一切”,这是个邀请所有人一起来参加节日的狂欢。文/时尚旅游

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基尔亨城堡,苏格兰 Kilchurn Castle in Scotland for St. Andrew's Day (© Jon Arnold/Danita Delimont)

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静谧而伟大
英国,基尔亨城堡

一场文化狂欢盛典
满满的苏格兰风情

15世纪中叶,坎贝尔家族在苏格兰西部高地建造了这座城堡。在此后很长一段时间里,基尔亨城堡都经受住了无数次改建和战争,但在1760年的一次闪电袭击中,这座城堡并没有经受住考验,到1770年时屋顶坍塌,城堡成了废墟。不过没关系,夏天你可以徒步旅行来这儿探险。文/时尚旅游

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