Light and Dark Paps of Jura from Bowmore, Isle of Islay

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Picture of three mountains seen across a sea loch, the front middle one in the dark, two distant ones behind it in the light
Light and Dark Paps of Jura from Bowmore, Isle of Islay

A view from Bowmore over a calm Loch Indaal on Islay to the three Paps of Jura. One of them, Beinn a’ Chaolais, in the shade of a cloud, the other two in some nice mild sunshine. If you look closely you can also spot the John Francis Campbell monument just in front of Beinn a’ Chaolais.

November dawn from Sgioba Cottage, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a dawn view over a coastal village, clear skies above, clouds in the distance
November dawn from Sgioba Cottage, Port Charlotte, Isle of Islay

A beautiful November morning on the Rhinns of Islay, looking out from the balcony at Sgioba Cottage in Port Charlotte. The old warehouses now home to the youth hostel and the INHT on the right. The Port Charlotte Hotel behind it in the middle distance, Shore Street and the pier behind to the left and behind of it. The Mull of Oa in the far distance on the left.

Loch Indaal lighthouse and tiny spray rainbow, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a small lighthouse on a rocky shore, a tiny rainbow in the spray blowing over the rocks from the breaking waves
Loch Indaal lighthouse and tiny spray rainbow, Isle of Islay

Can you spot it? There’s a tiny rainbow in the spray blowing over the rocks just to the right and below the Loch Indaal lighthouse. Spotted on a bright and blustery November early afternoon on the Rhinns of Islay.