Around the island of Mull; on the ferry to Skye – August 2023
1) Common dolphin on our boat trip around Mull
2) Common dolphin around Mull
3) Common dolphin around Mull
4) Fingal’s Sea Cave on the island of Staffa
5) Fingal’s Sea Cave on the island of Staffa
6) Abbey on the island of Iona (home of the monks of St. Columba, who produced the Book of Kells, one of the great masterworks of human civilization, on these islands)
7) A Gannet, Scotland’s largest seabird (wingspan 6.5 ft)
This gannet sadly had lost the bright iris around its pupil because of an avian flu which had recently decimated bird populations in the area. Scientists are actively studying how and why the birds which survived the flu lost the coloration of their irises
8) ferry from Scotland to Skye (part 1)
9) ferry from Scotland to Skye (part 2)
10) one of my favorite landscapes I captured in Scotland – beautiful shot off the coast of Scotland on the way to the island of Skye. Notice how the mountains dwarf the large ship.