Shop

Another in my World from Above series. Captured on a Loganair flight from Inverness to Edinburgh.

The Clava or Nairn Viaduct is a Category A building Nr. 1709 listed by Historic Scotland, also known as the Culloden Moor Viaduct. Built in the 1890s by Sir John Fowler and Murdoch Paterson it opened in 1898 and is still in use for passenger railway traffic. The 28-span masonry viaduct is the longest of its type in Scotland – is 1800ft (549m) long and 128ft (39m) high. It is built on a curve over the River Nairn on the main Perth – Inverness railway line.

Nikon D200. Sigma 18-200mm. 55mm, 1/100s, f/8. Captured in RAW. Tonal correction, sharpening, neutral grad filter, etc. in CS4 with NikColorEfex.
Location: Clava, Parish of Croy and Dalcross (Inverness), Highland Region, Scotland.

Tags

culloden, clava, nairn, viaduct, railway, historic, architecture, bridge, scotland, highland, uk, aerial, world from above

Born in Scotland, at home in Europe, I am a passionate semi-professional photographer with eclectic tastes who loves to travel and capture images of our beautiful world. Check out my gallery or contact me directly for contract work or customization.
All images are subject to Copyright by the Artist who does not allow pinning to Pinterest. Please contact me if you have any questions.

View Full Profile

Comments

  • Tom Gomez
    Tom Gomezabout 1 year ago

    Superb aerial view, great viaduct ..

  • Tom, thank you very much!

    – Kasia-D

  • TonyCrehan
    TonyCrehanabout 1 year ago

    Great aerial shot of the viaduct and surrounding countryside Kasia.

  • Tony, thank you. There was definitely a lot of luck involved:-)

    – Kasia-D

  • Audrey Clarke
    Audrey Clarkeabout 1 year ago

  • Audrey, thank you!

    – Kasia-D

  • mikebov
    mikebovabout 1 year ago

    beautifully composed capture

  • Mike, thank you very much. I was pleased to have this for a few seconds in the frame, as it were. Kasia

    – Kasia-D

desktop tablet-landscape content-width tablet-portrait phone-landscape phone-portrait