Orchids

At the rear of Tralee beach in Benderloch (behind the shingle area) is always a good spot for seeing Marsh Orchids at this time of year. The group in the picture are in the middle of a (usually) boggy area on a raised "island". With this year's lack of rain the bog is pretty dry and it was easy to walk to get this shot.

Sunset

Friday Dec 18th. A day of low cloud and snow showers then at 3:30pm a break appeared just in time for a short-lived, but spectacular sunset over Tralee Bay.

Unusual sunset

This was taken shortly before 10pm tonight.
The upward angular rays of the setting sun are the dramatic attraction here.. To their right are some smaller, lighter rays appearing to go in the wrong direction (down towards 4 o'clock). I'm guessing there's a large cloud behind those we can see which was reflecting the sun back down through the cloud layers.
Picture taken from the layby at the south end of Benderloch looking over Tralee Bay.