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Most people who visit Death Valley make a stop at Zabriskie Point, take a look at Manly Beacon and the Golden Canyon badlands and move on. If one has time to explore, there is a lot to see. This is a view of Manly Beacon, the Red Cathedral and some of the badlands from close to the intersection of the side trail to Red Cathedral. In late evening it is a lovely place. But it can be a bit intimidating to find your way back out without a good light. If you zoom in you can find several hikers on the trail below the Beacon.
Manly Beacon is an 800 foot chunk of rock named in honor of William L. Manly who guided members of the ill-fated Forty-niners out of Death Valley during the gold rush of 1849. He wrote a book about his exploits so his heroic version of events resulted in his name being applied to this peak as well as another elsewhere in Death Valley.
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Cape Horn Sunrise looking out over the Columbia River..... Taken about a year and a half ago......I am just now getting around to working some of the panos I have taken in the past!.....
Camera: Nikon D300
Exposure: 0.077 sec (1/13)
Aperture: f/14.0
Focal Length: 60 mm
ISO Speed: 100
3 shots stitched
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Another picture from our recent visit to The Black Mountains.
Looking over this landscape is just a delight.
My two youngest boys and their little sister (11, 12, & 5) still ask to take the "Lighthouse way" to get home, past this old airport beacon.
Located close to Lepe House, within the Beaulieu Estate, the lighthouse was established in the year 2000 to mark the entrance to the Beaulieu River.
It was named the Beaulieu Millennium Beacon to commemorate its inauguration in 2000.
Established: 2000
Height of tower: 8 metres
Elevation: 13 metres
Range: White 4 miles, Red 3 miles, Green 3 miles
A beacon has stood proudly over the village of Danby on the North York Moors for over 400 years.
The Danby Beacon dates back to the 1600s when the country was living under the threat of invasion from France. It was the duty of a soldier and his wife, stationed upon the moor, to be vigilant and watch for the expected French fleet. If they had sight of them they were to light up the beacon, which would be the first inland fire of warning.
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A beacon has stood proud over the village of Danby on Beacon Hill in the North York Moors National Park for over 400 years.
The Danby Beacon dates back to the 1600s when the country was living under the threat of invasion from France. It was the duty of a soldier and his wife, stationed upon the moor, to be vigilant and watch for the expected French fleet. If they had sight of them they were to light up the beacon, which would be the first inland fire of warning.
A new beacon was erected in 2008
Took this pic today. I have a pic like this on my flickr from feb 19th 2017, but I think this one is so much better. One of the little gems I have discovered whilst walking the Brecon Beacons in Wales
This airmail beacon had an acetylene powered flashing light that helped pilots keep on course. It was built in the mid-1920's and operated until early 1930's.
The beacon is on the part of Buffalo Valley called "alkali lake" (USGS 7.5' topo "Buffalo Springs NE"). Except for the missing light, it looks like it could still be used.
The beacon in our local park was lit as part of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration - Woodthorpe Park, Nottingham.
Lovely light in the Beacons just now. Caroline and myself have been overwhelmed on how beautiful this part of the british Isles is even in mid August.
The Vertical Pier at Redcar (also known as the Redcar Beacon). Admission is free and if you climb to the top you can get 360 degree views of the Redcar Coast. Looks quite nice in this mid-summer scene. I wanted to wait around a while longer for the lights to come on during blue hour, but it was getting late and I had to scoot. Maybe next time.
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This is an older image from a trip to Michigan. This is the Wawatam Lighthouse in St. Ignace, MI. just across the Straits of Mackinac bridge. Along the shore there are many old dock pilings that add a bit of interest to the scene. In this image the sun is rising over Lake Huron.
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Another from my run up a local hill to try the new lens.
It was a strange end to the day as a large bank of cloud from the East gradually swept over the Bowland Hills leaving this curve of cloud over the Lancashire Plain. This bench, on a recently cleared piece of forestry, on the summit of Beacon Fell provided a bit of foreground interest and I liked the way the setting suns light picked out the grain in the wooden seating.
First impressions of the Nikon 16-35 are pretty good.
Another image from our recent visit to Welsh region of The Black Mountains.
Catching the light made to a very memorable holiday..
Thorncombe Beacon
Thorncombe Beacon is a hill on the coast between Bridport and Charmouth in Dorset, England. It is 157m high, compared to 191m for Golden Cap (the highest point on the South Coast) which lies about 3 km to the west. The top of the cliff is named after the warning fire beacon that was installed as part of southern England’s defenses to warn of an imminent attack. A replica stands in its place today, but in 1588 the original beacon formed part of a chain of signal fires across the country, lit to warn London of the approaching Spanish Armada, which had been sighted off Plymouth. This beacon and others around the country were lit on 4 June 2012 as part of the Queens Diamond Jubilee celebrations. www.jurassiccoastline.com/jurassic_Info1b.asp?ID=81
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Thought I would Google Street View my way up the Maine coast since I am from there and love the summer time at the coast. Stopped off and did a quick water color of one of the 65 lighthouses Maine has on the rocky coast.
For my new flickr friends, I love to travel the earth via Google Earth and Street View and freeze a screen shot to which I then apply watercolor processing effects.
"So much earth, so little time..."
Gloriously rising above the fog Mt Nanda Kot(22500ft) shines like a beacon at sunrise.Pl see at fullscreen