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Coucher de soleil sur les falaises du château de Tantallon

The ruins of Tantallon Castle stand on a grassy cliffside overlooking the sea, with the sun setting behind the stone walls and the Bass Rock visible in the distance.

The ruin of Tantallon on its headland backlit by the low sun, the red sandstone curtain wall a dark bar with light blazing through the empty windows, the Bass Rock white in the Firth beyond, gulls in the glare, wet grass on the clifftop, 85mm Voir plus

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