Port Charlotte lighthouse under dramatic clouds, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small lighthouse at a sea loch in the sunshine with dark clouds moving in aboveOK, strictly calling it’s the Loch Indaal lighthouse, but then again it’s right next to Port Charlotte. Here it is on a changeable day on Islay, bathed in sunlight while above it dark clouds are hanging in the sky.

The Rhinns of Islay lighthouse from Claddach

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Picture of a lighthouse on a small offshore islandA view from a bright and sunny spring day on the Rhinns of Islay a few years ago, standing near the wave power station at Claddach. The view goes across Eilean Mhic Coinnich to Orsay, where the lighthouse helps to guide the ships. Also note the big foghorn on the right.

 

MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a ferry approaching along a sound between two islands, a lighthouse in the distanceA view of the Calmac ferry MV Hebridean Isles approaching Port Askaig along the Sound of Islay. In the distance McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the sound.