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Lever de soleil doré au château de Harlech

The stone gatehouse of Harlech Castle is illuminated by the rising sun, which shines directly through the central archway, casting a long golden beam across the grassy inner ward toward the viewer, with misty dunes visible in the background.

The gatehouse of Harlech Castle at sunrise seen from inside the inner ward, the sun blazing straight through the passage arch and laying a bar of gold across the wet grass, the grey sandstone walls black around it, mist over the dunes, 35mm Voir plus

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