In pictures: Lifeboat stations and volunteers

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Stornoway lifeboat
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An exhibition of a lifeboat volunteer's photography has opened in Edinburgh. The images by Nigel Millard, a member of Torbay RNLI, include Stornoway's lifeboat in action

Islay crew member portrait
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Lifeboat crew members, including this Islay volunteer, posed for portraits at their places of work and at landmarks near their lifeboat stations

Islay crew member portrait
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Mr Millard spent two years taking the images he needed for his exhibition

Gwyneth Atkinson
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The exhibition - The Lifeboat: Courage on our Coasts - also features fund-raisers such as Gwyneth Atkinson who has supported Rhyl lifeboat for more than 10 years

Barra crew member portrait
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Mr Millard's travels took him to Barra in the Western Isles where he took this image of a local volunteer

Tobermory crew member portrait
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A Tobermory crew member in the island's sweet shop

Children at Tobermory lifeboat station
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Children at Tobermory lifeboat station

Les Etacs
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Alderney Trent class lifeboat, Roy Barker, motors off Les Etacs gannet colony

The Lizard's Tamar class lifeboat
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The Lizard’s Tamar class lifeboat, Rose, launches off the slipway

Lifeboat in paint shop
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Porthdinllaen’s new Tamar class lifeboat John D Spicer gets its first coat of paint in RNLI colours

Buckie lifeboat
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Another of Mr Millard's photographs shows Buckie lifeboat in rough seas. The outdoor exhibition will be in Edinburgh's Castle Street until 24 January

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