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Inis Mor (Aran Islands)

Inis Mor is the largest of the Aran Islands ( Inis is the Irish/Gaelic word for island and mor means big). The pictures below were taken in March 2009 and September 2014. The black and white pictures were taken with a digital infrared camera.
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  • Sundial on Inis Mor

    Sundial on Inis Mor

    This is a an ancient sundial. To use it, one puts a stick through the hole at the top of the stone, and the shadow cast upon the circle below would give a measurement. There is, of course, just one little problem, as this picture demonstrates. What do you do when the sun doesn't shine ?

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  • Goat on Inis Mor

    Goat on Inis Mor

    A goat on Inis Mor.

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  • This picture isn't infrared - just monochrome. Even the original colour version was almost entirely composed of shades of grey, and the large rocks - worn smooth from the action of the sea - had a rather beguiling mottled pattern caused by the damp drying irregularly on the rock surface.

    This picture isn't infrared - just monochrome. Even the original colour version was almost entirely composed of shades of grey, and the large rocks - worn smooth from the action of the sea - had a rather beguiling mottled pattern caused by the damp drying irregularly on the rock surface.

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  • Full of potential

    Full of potential

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  • This is a picture of me, standing beside a limestone boulder that has become dislodged from the cliff-face on Inis Mor (the largest of the Aran Islands).

    This is a picture of me, standing beside a limestone boulder that has become dislodged from the cliff-face on Inis Mor (the largest of the Aran Islands).

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  • The cliffs on Inis Mor are being eroded by the sea, so that the limestone cliffs overhang the lower levels by many metres (before they come crashing down)

    The cliffs on Inis Mor are being eroded by the sea, so that the limestone cliffs overhang the lower levels by many metres (before they come crashing down)

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  • A perfectly rectangular (and perfectly natural) pool eroded from the limestone cliffs on Inis Mor (the largest of the Aran Islands) in Galway Bay.

    A perfectly rectangular (and perfectly natural) pool eroded from the limestone cliffs on Inis Mor (the largest of the Aran Islands) in Galway Bay.

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  • Spider on Inis Mor

    Spider on Inis Mor

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  • Dun Aengus stone fort

    Dun Aengus stone fort

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    inismorinis mor aran islands galway hooker boat ship sail seal rossaveal kilronan wormhole bpoll na bpeist cliffs overhang boulders rocks square pool dun aengus robin bird stone wall lighthouse harbour pier ferry martello tower galway bay

  • Clifftop Selfie

    Clifftop Selfie

    It might not be obvious from the size of the image, but the man right on the cliff edge is taking a 'selfie' with his camera phone (I wonder if I'm in the background). The wall behind him is part of the fortifications at Dun Aengus (Dún Aonghasa)

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  • A geological boundary, caused by a layer of rock squeezed between the limestone, looks like gold leaf.  This  rock is near Dun Aengus on Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.

    A geological boundary, caused by a layer of rock squeezed between the limestone, looks like gold leaf. This rock is near Dun Aengus on Inis Mor, the largest of the Aran Islands in Galway Bay.

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  • Dun Aenghus

    Dun Aenghus

    Dun Aenghus - a wide view of the cliff top stone fort on Inis Mor, taken from near the pool at boll na bpeist.

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  • Dun Aengus

    Dun Aengus

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  • Stonechat on stone wall

    Stonechat on stone wall

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  • Robin on inis Mor

    Robin on inis Mor

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    inismorinis mor aran islands galway hooker boat ship sail seal rossaveal kilronan wormhole bpoll na bpeist cliffs overhang boulders rocks square pool dun aengus robin bird stone wall lighthouse harbour pier ferry martello tower galway bay sign cross pearse eyre square

  • Lighthouse on Inis Mor

    Lighthouse on Inis Mor

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    inismorinis mor aran islands galway hooker boat ship sail seal rossaveal kilronan wormhole bpoll na bpeist cliffs overhang boulders rocks square pool dun aengus robin bird stone wall lighthouse harbour pier ferry martello tower galway bay

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