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Treasure Island

Fidra is an uninhabited island in the Firth of Forth, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) north-west of North Berwick, on the east coast of Scotland.

 

Fidra Island, fabled to be the island of inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's famous book 'Treasure Island' with 'Spy-glass Hill' modelled on Yellowcraig on the mainland opposite. A map of Treasure Island included in the first edition has the familiar horseshoe outline of Fidra.

 

Taken late in the evening as the sun set using 3 exposures of 1/2s, 3s and 10s, and subsequently combined in Photomatix to produce an HDR image.

 

Highest Explore position: 2 on Friday, January 9, 2009

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Uploaded on August 4, 2008
Taken on August 3, 2008