Late evening light
- Post author By Marc De Ridder
- Post date May 26, 2026
- Categories In Landscape, Morland House, North Ayrshire, Skelmorlie
- Tags blue hour, firth of clyde, morland house, north ayrshire, scotland, skelmorlie, sunset
Category: Skelmorlie
We were treated with a grandiose spectacle of the Northern Lights looking North over the Firth of Clyde. Around 9pm, a vibrant red aurora was clearly visible with the naked eye for around 20 minutes before fading away. An hour later, the aurora re-emerged, painting the entire Northern sky a vibrant green.
I am chuffed that my photo was spotted on Facebook by the Picture Editor of the Daily Mail and was published.
Last night was a first for me, seeing the Aurora Borealis, the Northern Lights, for the first time with the naked eye in Scotland.
The Northern Lights were simply spectacular with their mixture of green, amber and red lights dancing through the sky between the South West and North West. Unfortunately there was a little bit too much cloud directly to the North.
I’m well pleased with these photos.
The sun setting over the Firth of Clyde simply never disappoints and are never the same. There is nothing better than relaxing after a hard days work than sitting at the window with a glass of wine and watch the sun go down.
Tonight we enjoyed an early autumn sunset over Toward Point while CalMac’s MV Bute (Eilean Bhóid) is sailing into the sunset en route to Rothesay on Bute.
While enjoying a fiery sunset tonight, the HNMLS Van Amstel was sailing down the Firth of Clyde. Unfortunately, the Dutch frigate F831 got it’s timing all wrong as it passed Toward Point lighthouse too late for the perfect shot of the frigate in the fiery sunset.
The Dutch frigate sailed up the Firth of Clyde yesterday (see HNLMS Van Amstel passing an Astute class submarine)
While the HNLMS Van Amstel was sailing up the Firth of Clyde on a hazy Monday afternoon, an Astute class submarine was sailing out. The Dutch frigate F831 passed the submarine surprisingly closely at Inellan.
It is very unusual to see a nuclear submarine sailing on the Firth of Clyde without heavy protecting from about 7 police patrol boats.
Pleased to see another two of my photos published in The Herald within the space of one week. Perhaps I should submit my photos more often, as that’s every photo published out of the 10 photos I have submitted since July 2022.
The MV Bute (Eilean Bhóid) coming in (see A purple sunset over Toward Point) was published on the 1st October and Rainbow over the Lighthouse on Toward Point (see A rainbow over the lighthouse on Toward Point) was published on the 23rd September.
The sunset over the Firth of Clyde are never the same. On Friday and Saturday night we were treated with cloudy sunsets. From a panorama on Friday night to a closeup of the sun on Saturday night, topped off with the MV Bute (Eilean Bhóid) sailing into the sunset.
With the trap camera out for a couple of nights, we found out who were eating our apples.
We had expected the deer and perhaps the fox, but who would have thought we had a badger.
The badger
The fox
The buck
Lovely mist bank on the upper reaches of the Firth of Clyde this morning.
We were graced with an amber sunset tonight while the MV Argyle (Earra-Ghàidheal) was sailing to Wemyss Bay.