Two lighthouses at the Sound of Islay

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Picture of two lighthouse on both sides of a sound between two islandsA view from the track out to Inver on Jura, looking out over the Sound of Islay. On Jura the small light at Carragh an t-Sruith. Behind it the much larger lighthouse at Rhuvaal on the northern tip of Islay. Colonsay on the horizon.

Port Charlotte at night, Isle of Islay

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Panoramic picture of a coastal village at nightA panoramic view of the northern part of Port Charlotte at night, seen from the pier. The larger building on the left is the Port Charlotte Hotel, next to it the former Lochindaal Distillery now home to the Youth Hostel and Islay Natural History Trust. On the right a small fishing boat is moored for the night.

North east Islay from Beinn an Oir, Isle of Jura

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Panoramic picture of a view from a mountain across a sound to an islandA panoramic view over the north east of Islay from Beinn an Oir, at 785m the highest of the Paps of Jura. Beinn a’Chaolais (733m) on the left, Port Askaig and Caol Ila to the right of it. The Sound of Islay stretches all the way through the view with Rhuvaal and the lighthouse on the right.