The sun sets late in this part of the world at this time of the year - not quite a day without a sunset, but very nearly. Last night was a clear night - the first i think we have had since the longest day , so I went outside with a camera and took are series of photos , starting looking over the Bay of Isbister with the Island of Shapinsay behind it and the light of the Shapinsay lighthouse, with in the distance the receding lights from the ferry on its way from Kirkwall to Lerwick .
And then as you look round to the North towards Rousay, the sun is just starting to become visible. It won't officially rise for another couple of hours
Of course the corollary of this is that at the end of December its dark until after 9am and the sun sets at 3pm.
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