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Tag: Scotland

Power

Jan 30, 2012

High-voltage power lines in central Scotland.

landscape Scotland industry power lines (Image credit: Billy Currie)

Also, Too, Sheep

May 3, 2012

"Highland Cattle," by Scotch-Irish painter Alfred Grey, 1887.

painting landscape art animals Scotland Alfred Grey Ireland livestock

Knitting for the Stars

Feb 26, 2013

Vitamin, at left in the brown cardigan, and Fivla, at right, wearing red, play starring roles in a new ad campaign urging everyone to visit Scotland in general and the Shetland Islands in particular.

Vitamin and Fivla are classic Shetland ponies, wearing traditionally patterned Fair Isles sweaters custom-knitted by Shetland native Doreen Brown, from yarn spun from the wool of Shetland sheep, and they are posed all warm and cozy on the windswept moor of a scenic Shetland isle, and if this picture doesn't get you to go there then nothing will.

landscape animals horses ocean Scotland ponies sweaters Shetland Islands island (h/t: Larry Schlesinger)

Take Off Your Shoes

Oct 3, 2013

Posted on the path to the beach near Aberdeen, Scotland.

beach signage Scotland Aberdeen (h/t: Carol Fuchs)

Thumbshot

Oct 10, 2013

Apple hired National Geographic photographer Jim Richardson to go up into the Scottish highlands and shoot some scenery with an iphone camera.

landscape mountains cell phone camera lake Scotland (Image credit: Jim Richardson)