Scotland, UK, satellite image. North is at top. Colours approximate to natural tones. The southern lowlands are mainly green, while the highlands of the north are brown. To the west of the mainland are the Hebrides islands, with the Outer Hebrides further west than the Inner Hebrides. The Orkney Islands are just off the northeastern tip of the mainland, with the Shetland Isles at upper right. Scotlands capital city is Edinburgh, on the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the large inlet just right of lower centre. Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland, is the grey patch west of Edinburgh. Photographed by a Landsat satellite.