A Rare Sunrise 

There are occasional days when the rising sun illuminated the underside of  low cloud. When that cloud is broken then the light and colours are are their best, most varied, most intense, most contrasty. These days occur perhaps 5 or 6 times in a year, and seldom as good as this.  The moments when the dawn is showing at its best are short, maybe seconds, and never more than a minute or two. I would have missed this light show but for the puppy barking furiously at the predawn colours as they intensified. I guess a suddenly blood red world is a bit startling to a 7 month puppy. Some additional interest is added by the Sula Mhor foot ferry. This is one of the ferries providing a limited service across the Strome Narrows while the A890 is closed east of Stromeferry due to a rock fall and  increasingly unstable cliff geology.

A two exposure panoramic composite image 

None of these images have been altered in PS other than autolevels having been used once.

The two small white lights are the navigational beacons that show predawn to allow the ferries to align their approach to the jetties on either side of the loch. 

The Sula Mhor approaching the jetty at North Strome, at this time she was transporting the Lochcarron pupils across theloch in order to arrive  at Plockton Highschool on time.  

Strome Castle Bay - Wester Ross - Scotland

 All images COPYRIGHT asserted - David Geddes at The Open Sky