A World War Two bomb was blown up on a Scots beach on Wednesday morning.
The device was discovered by members of the public walking at Sandyhills in Dumfries and Galloway on Tuesday night.
Members of Portling Coastguard guarded the bomb overnight before explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) experts carried out a controlled explosion on Wednesday morning.
HM Coastguard senior coastal operations officer, Stewart Bryden, said: “It was an old World War Two mortar and it’s the second one we’ve had there now.
“It probably came from Beaufort’s Dyke or was heading for there originally and the storms have brought it up.
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“It was washed up on the beach on Tuesday night – police were out then the Coastguard came as it was our remit.
“They were out all night making a cordon and EOD came down from Edinburgh on Wednesday morning and detonated it on the beach.
“The members of the public did the right thing – they reported it and stayed away from it.”