The Light on the Hill
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This photograph "The Light on the Hill" has just been published in Issue 445 of the UK Magazine Photography Week. It is one of four photographs in "Gallery Xposure: The Week's Most Inspiring Reader Photos".
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The hill upon which the Low Head Lighthouse stands is high enough to allow the light to be projected some 43 kilometres (23 nautical miles) out to sea. One can see then how powerful the lens assembly is. It is a Fresnel lens made in England by Wilkins and Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens
The only thing that would be different in this photograph from the late 1880s is the red stripe. This was added in 1926 to enhance daytime visibility.
The Light on the Hill
***STOP PRESS***
This photograph "The Light on the Hill" has just been published in Issue 445 of the UK Magazine Photography Week. It is one of four photographs in "Gallery Xposure: The Week's Most Inspiring Reader Photos".
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The hill upon which the Low Head Lighthouse stands is high enough to allow the light to be projected some 43 kilometres (23 nautical miles) out to sea. One can see then how powerful the lens assembly is. It is a Fresnel lens made in England by Wilkins and Company. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresnel_lens
The only thing that would be different in this photograph from the late 1880s is the red stripe. This was added in 1926 to enhance daytime visibility.