Photo of the Day
Island covered in fog
March 13, 2010
Boreray Island, Scotland
This Month in Photo of the Day: National Geographic Magazine Features
Fog lifts to reveal the island of Boreray, in the St. Kilda archipelago, perched far out in the Atlantic.
See more photographs from the January 2010 feature story "Edge of the World."
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