The South Peak at Dawn, Skellig Michael, KerryThe South Peak is the highest point on Skellig Michael, rising to over 200 metres above the Atlantic. It's a brutal piece of rock. Near vertical on every side, with dark quartzite faces streaked green where vegetation has found enough of a foothold to survive. I made this photograph from the monastery ridge looking south, shortly after dawn. The foreground was still in shade but the peak itself was catching the first direct light, warm and low across