Photo of the Day

Sheep near water’s edge
March 19, 2010

Sheep, Scotland

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Tangles of seaweed lure a flock of sheep from Iona's green slopes down to the beach for a mineral-rich graze. In Gaelic this stretch of coast is called Camas Cùil an t-Sàimh, the "bay at the back of the ocean."


See more photographs from the January 2010 feature story "Edge of the World."
Photograph by Jim Richardson

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