Starry night sky over Loch Indaal from Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a wide starry night sky seen from a hill. Two villages in the distance, a road lit up by a passing car below
Starry night sky over Loch Indaal from Ballitarsin, Isle of Islay

The counterpart to the starry night sky over Ballitarsin, the view out over Loch Indaal from it. Plenty of stars up in the night sky, you can just about make out the Milky Way. The lights of three villages in the distance, Bowmore and behind it Port Charlotte on the left and Bruichladdich on the right. A car driving past lighting up the single track road below. Something I’d usually avoid in a starry night picture, but I think here it enhances it.

October sunset reflections on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an October sunset with the sun reflecting on shallow water on a beach, the remains of a wreck also visible
October sunset reflections on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

An October evening on the west coast of Islay, watching the sunset reflecting on Kilchoman beach at the wreck of the Patti.

Rocks and windblown sand on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

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Picture of some rocks in a beach, partially covered by windblown sand
Rocks and windblown sand on Kilchoman beach, Isle of Islay

A view from near the southern end of Kilchoman beach, the rocks at Carraig Chomain partially covered by windblown sand in some October sunshine breaking through the clouds.