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.

Cloud inversion on Mull seen from Islay

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Picture of a cloud inversion around an island seen across the sea from another islandAn interesting view from near Foreland on Islay (Gruinart can be seen in the foreground), looking north towards Colonsay and Mull. With some haar and a cloud inversion only the top of the hills and in particular Ben More are visible in the evening light.

Mull, Jura and Colonsay from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view up a sound towards a number of islandsA view from the ferry in the Sound of Islay looking north. In the foreground on the right is Jura with the lighthouse at Carragh an t-Sruith. In the middle distance Colonsay, behind it in the far distance Mull with the Munro Ben More towering over the view.