Light and dark in the Sound of Islay

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Picture of a view of a landscape with some in bright light and other in dark shadeAn interesting view from the Islay ferry on the way to Port Askaig, light and dark on Jura. While Beinn a’Chaolais and other hills are in dark shade the lower areas close to the Sound of Islay are illuminated by bright sunlight.

Calmac ferry passing McArthur’s Head lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse at the entrance of a sound, a ferry entering the soundAn overcast day on Islay in April at McArthur’s Head. A Calmac ferry, the MV Hebridean Isles, is passing on her way to Port Askaig.

Jura and Islay from Colonsay

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Picture of a panoramic view from an island across a sound to two other islandsA panoramic view from Carnan Eoin (143m), the highest hill on Colonsay. Below us Colonsay with the dunes behind Kiloran Bay on the right. In the distance towards the left Jura with the Paps of Jura. Towards the right Islay with Sgarbh Breac and the north coast of Islay.