Snow capped Ben More on Mull seen from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a snow capped mountain seen across the sea from a sound between two islands, a small lighthouse on the shore
Snow capped Ben More on Mull seen from the Sound of Islay

A view from the ferry approaching Port Askaig in the Sound of Islay on an April evening. A snow capped Ben More on Mull in the distance. In the foreground Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse on Islay’s neighbour Jura.

MV Eilean Dhiura on a clear day in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a small car ferry in a Sound between two islands on a clear sunny dayThe MV Eilean Dhiura crossing from Islay to Jura on a very clear April afternoon in 2015. In the middle distance the small lighthouse at Carragh an t-Sruith on Jura. Behind it the north of Colonsay and in the far distance the Isle of Mull with Ben More (the only island Munro outside of the Isle of Skye).

Islay lifeboat near Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse, Jura

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Picture of an RNLI lifeboat passing a small lighthouseThe Islay lifeboat Helmut Schröder of Dunlossit II passing Carragh an t-Sruith lighthouse on Jura while returning to Port Askaig from an exercise.