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Winter sunset looking west down the Solway Firth from the foreshore at the end of the road from Newbiebarns to Newbie Mains. Photographed from 54° 58' 7.21" N, 3° 17' 24.27" W ➔ 2 Newbie Barns, Newbie, Annan, Dumfries and Galloway DG12 5QL, UK
This view was from on Stromness Harbour's "South Pier" looking twards the centre of Stromness town. Although the harbour is in a well sheltered bay the sea isn't often as calm as that!
The modern two-storey building to the left of the "Red Shed" is the Orkney College's Navigation School - while the two buidings to the right of the "Red Shed" are The Pier Arts Centre.
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That farm in the background is Redland Farm. It is on the west coast of the "Loch Of Stenness", not too far from Stromness Town.
"Look towards the sun and shadows will fall behind you" it says on the sail. I have photographed it on a mirror reflecting the sky above.
Yachts and motor cruisers moored in Arisalg marina, Loch nan Ceall, Lochaber, Highland region, Scotland.
Taken in Fermanagh (Northern Ireland) 2009, view of Lough Erne with the morning mist at the foot of the cliff.
Kevin Snow of Bear Point, NS, heading in with a load of rockweed on a flat calm day. Rockweed, or Ascophyllum nodosum is a slow-growing algae that grows on rocks on a wave-exposed shore's intertidal zone. It is harvested by hand using rakes, and the alginates contained in it are used as emulsifying agents in foods like pie fillings and sauces.
www.thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1163048-rockweed-har...
Sometimes Stromness Harbour can be so sheltered and calm that it offers lovely reflections like this late September.
This is called the "South Pier" and is where the "RNLI Stromness Lifeboat" is traditionally stationed.
There are several other Piers which are suited to large ships including the "Hamnavoe" Ro-Ro Ferry which normally sails at least twice a day to Scrabster - next to Thurso Town - on the Caithness north coast.
"Manx Maid" sailing from Douglas to Belfast on the flat calm of an August evening, 1982. Photographed from "Manxman" returning light ship from Northern Ireland to Douglas. Both vessels are at approximately half-passage and using the "South about" route via the Calf of Man. Wind and sea conditions as well as tidal flow would be taken into account by the masters of Steam Packet ships in deciding whether to sail north or south round the Island en route to and from Belfast. The distances involved were very similar - just a few miles difference - but there was potentially quite a significant fuel saving to be had by weighing up the various factors expected to affect the ship's progress.
Making our approach to Porvoo last night around midnight. Still, calm silvery sea blue red orange sky.
Dawn looking West from Portnaluchaig to the Inned Hebridean islands of Eigg & Rum. Photographed from 56° 56' 26.2" N, 5° 51' 42.91" W B8008, Arisaig, Highland PH39, UK
Sunrise over the Quay at Point, looking towards Restronguet Point. A single motorboat, on its moorings reflected in the calm water. Clouds also showing reflected perfectly in the water.