Exploration of three sea lochs on the west coast of Scotland is under way to find out more about some of Scotland's most important marine wildlife.
A team from the British Geological Survey (BGS) is being funded by Marine Scotland to survey lochs Duich, Long and Alsh, using cutting-edge survey techniques to create a 3D image of the seabed.
A 2012 survey of the area discovered what is thought to be the largest flame shell bed in the world, with an estimated 100 million of the brightly coloured shellfish in an area of 75 hectares.
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