Lindisfarne Castle Milky Way

The core of the Milky Way rising directly behind the castle, a band of pink and violet nebulosity above the near-silhouetted crag, with the cobbled path leading in from the bottom of the frame. Shot under true dark skies on Holy Island.

Lindisfarne Castle crowns a dolerite crag on Holy Island, a 16th century fort transformed into an Edwardian holiday home by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1901. The island is reached by a causeway that floods with every tide, and its long history of saints, Vikings and border warfare makes it one of the most storied places in Northumberland.