Colourful cloud over McArthur’s Head lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a colourful (orange and yellow) cloud over a lighthouse on a rugged coast
Colourful cloud over McArthur’s Head lighthouse, Isle of Islay

Watched from a ferry from Port Askaig to Kennacraig, a beautiful colourful cloud in the sunset light behind McArthur’s Head lighthouse at the southern end of the Sound of Islay.

Paps of Jura and Feolin from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of three round mountains towering above a tiny coastal settlement, seen from a ferry on a sound between two islands
Paps of Jura and Feolin from the Sound of Islay

A view from a ferry in the Sound of Islay having departed Port Askaig for a crossing to the mainland. The famous Paps of Jura in some mild November afternoon light on the right, below them Feolin with the Islay-Jura ferry slip on the left.

Mull, Colonsay and Jura from the Sound of Islay

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Picture of some islands seen from a sound between two islands
Mull, Colonsay and Jura from the Sound of Islay

A view from a ferry in the Sound of Islay, just after leaving Port Askaig on a November 2025 afternoon. In the distance Colonsay and Mull behind it, Ben More just visible on the left. On the right a bit of Jura with the lighthouse at Carragh an t-Sruith