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The Cape Cod (Highland) Light in North Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Built in 1857. The tower is 66 feet tall and it's lantern is 183 feet above sea level. The light sits on a high cliff above the sea. It is located in north Truro on Cape Cod's Atlantic coast. The first light tower on this site was built in 1797 and was 45 feet tall. It was rebuilt in 1853 on the same site. It was replaced by the present tower in 1857. In 1996 the tower and buildings were moved 450 feet further inland to protect them from destruction by erosion (the cliff's edge was within 100 feet of the keeper's dwelling). There is a nice walking path behind (in this picture) the light out a short distance to the old location and then past that a deck with a beautiful view of the ocean and huge beaches below. This visit we were treated with a pair of seals swimming up the coast in the tide fishing, watching them surface and then come back up. Couldn't get a photo of them with the cheap FujiFilm 2mp camera that took these. If I had, you would have just seen some black specks in the ocean most likely. The Fuji took decent snapshots, but my Canon A95 does much better, and I'm getting bored with it. Time for a better lens.
cape cod light2
The Cape Cod (Highland) Light in North Truro, Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
Built in 1857. The tower is 66 feet tall and it's lantern is 183 feet above sea level. The light sits on a high cliff above the sea. It is located in north Truro on Cape Cod's Atlantic coast. The first light tower on this site was built in 1797 and was 45 feet tall. It was rebuilt in 1853 on the same site. It was replaced by the present tower in 1857. In 1996 the tower and buildings were moved 450 feet further inland to protect them from destruction by erosion (the cliff's edge was within 100 feet of the keeper's dwelling). There is a nice walking path behind (in this picture) the light out a short distance to the old location and then past that a deck with a beautiful view of the ocean and huge beaches below. This visit we were treated with a pair of seals swimming up the coast in the tide fishing, watching them surface and then come back up. Couldn't get a photo of them with the cheap FujiFilm 2mp camera that took these. If I had, you would have just seen some black specks in the ocean most likely. The Fuji took decent snapshots, but my Canon A95 does much better, and I'm getting bored with it. Time for a better lens.