Flying surfboard in Machir Bay, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a surfboard in the air after the surfer fell off in the wavesSurfers sometimes do fall off their surfboards. In some cases the surfboard is dramatically launched into the air like this one in Machir Bay on the west coast of Islay.

Morning sun in the dunes at Machir Bay, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a path through dunes to a beach in the mild morning sunlightA view from a beautiful morning on the west coast of Islay, the sun shining over the path through the dunes at Kilchoman leading into Machir Bay.

Machir Bay from the air, Isle of Islay

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Picture of an aerial view over a wide bay with a beach backed by dunes, waves rolling inTaken on a sunny April afternoon on Islay, a view from above the breaking waves in Machir Bay. It’s high tide, the water is reaching up close to the dunes backing the beach stretching out south.