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.

Rhuvaal lighthouse, Isle of Islay

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Picture of a lighthouse in a remote locationA view of Rhuvaal lighthouse on the northern end of Islay, at the northern entrance to the Sound of Islay. The former lighthouse keeper cottage is now a private home, I believe the most remote home on Islay by some margin.

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.