Scotland Gallery

Edinburgh

September 1952: Edinburgh looking north west from the Nelson Monument with the Royal Observatory in the foreground on Calton Hill. The Royal Observatory was designed by William Playfair in 1818 to represent the Greek Temple of the Winds. The monument in the bottom right of the picture is dedicated to astronomer John Playfair (William's Playfair's uncle) who was a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Edinburgh University. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

An aerial view of the island of Out Skerries

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An aerial view of the island of Out Skerries, September 22, 2011. Out Skerries is a tiny, treeless island off the east coast of Scotland where the population is just 65. There are only seven children on the island making the school the smallest in the UK. The world's population will reach seven billion on 31 October 2011, according to projections by the United Nations. Picture taken September 22, 2011 REUTERS/Olivia Harris (BRITAIN - Tags: SOCIETY)

The Isle of Man

The Isle of Man (also known as Mann) is a self-governing British Crown Dependency in the Irish Sea between Great Britain and Ireland. The island is not part of the United Kingdom, though the head of state is Queen Elizabeth II. Inhabited since 6500 BC, the island was influenced by Gaelic culture, settled by the Norse, was part of Scotland, and came under the feudal overlordship of the English Crown in 1399. The island's parliament, Tynwald, claims to be the oldest continuously existing ruling body in the world, possibly dating to the 10th century. The image was acquired May 1, 2001, covers an area of 29.4 x 49.5 km, and is located at 54.2 degrees north latitude, 4.5 degrees east longitude

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