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Basalt pinnacles loom over the Sound of Raasay. Trotternish, Isle of Skye, Scotland.

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High tide in Uig Bay mirrors a summer sky.

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The Callanish Standing Stones, cut from rocks three billion years old.

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Winds off the Atlantic drive sands into high dunes.

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Basalt pillars line Fingal's Cave.

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Rugged sea stacks of the Isle of Lewis.

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The Shaint Islands are breeding grounds for puffins and razorbills.

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Tranquil waters and morning mist on Red Cullin.

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Morning fog shrouds the hills surrounding the Grimersta River.

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Drystone wall remnants of Saint Kilda's main settlement.

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Cloud covers a sea bird rookery high on a sea stack cliff.

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Fog lifts to reveal Boreray perched far out in the Atlantic.

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A flock of sheep graze on seaweed on Iona's beach.

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The basalt cliffs of Staffa offer terraced perches for seabirds.

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Abandoned stone-walled homes at Village Bay.

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The remains of the double-walled fortress, Dun Carloway.

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