Croftship of Carbost, Loch Harport and the Black Cuillins range in clouds at sunset, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highland region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

View across the black and white sands of Talisker Bay, near Carbost, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highland, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Croftship of Carbost, Loch Harport and the Black Cuillins range in cloud at sunset, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Highland region, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Fresh oysters, shucked and ready to eat at The Oyster Shed in Carbost with the Cuillin Hills beyond, The Oyster Shed, Carbost Beag, Loch Harport, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Talisker Bay on the west coast, known for its beauty and white and black sands, an SSSI for its basalt lava rock, calcareous scree, rocky slopes and Burnet Moth habitat, Talisker Bay, Carbost, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Tidal sorting of white sand and darker minerals into patterns at the west coast Talisker Bay beach, known as a white and black sand beach, an SSSI for its Tertiary basalt lava geology, Talisker Bay, Carbost, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The white and black sand beach and estuary at Talisker with Preshal More beyond, both SSSI locations for the Tertiary basalt lava geology and biological habitats, Talisker Bay, Carbost, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The white and black sand beach and estuary at Talisker with Preshal More beyond, both SSSI locations for the Tertiary basalt lava geology and biological habitats, Talisker Bay, Carbost, Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Stillsman inspecting copper spirit stills in the Stillshouse at Talisker Whisky Distillery making single malt whisky in Carbost on Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingodm, Europe