Beacon Hill, Boston, Massachusetts
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Örskär island, the sky announces a windy night, may be a storm.../Örskärsfyren vid skymningen, himlen meddelar att en blåsig natt nalkas, kanske en storm.../El faro de la isla de Örskär, el cielo anuncia una noche ventosa, tal vez una tormenta...
Ditchling Beacon is the highest point in East Sussex, England, with an elevation of 248 m. It is south of Ditchling and to the north-east of Brighton. It is a large chalk hill with a particularly steep northern face, covered with open grassland and sheep-grazing areas. Wikipedia
For the last few summers we've done a family trip to Block Island and I would always see this Lighthouse in the distance from the Ferry and wanted to capture it but we always came back late. This time was no different except the fog was so thick.
I decided to at least go by there and see if I could capture it. What I didn't know was that this was a working Coast Guard station and that it was fenced in. There may have been a way to capture it from the beach and compose the fence out of the scene but it was so dark and with the visibility was really poor so I didn't want to take a chance.
The mood was just to good to walk away without capturing anything so I took this shot handheld and through a chain link fence. It's not very sharp or as good as I wanted but I loved the effect of the light hitting the fog.
Taken with an old Canon FD 35mm f2
Ninepin rock appears to have a lighthouse, but it is only a beacon. Known for rock fishing, but safety is a concern on this rugged beach.
Explore May 15, 2022 (#237)
Dunkery Beacon at the summit of Dunkery Hill is the highest point on Exmoor and in Somerset, England
"I had let want in, opened the door ever so slightly. But want without the belief you can get what you want is pointless. You have to hope, so I let that in too. You have to. To want things and go for them and believe, even in impossible situations...Hope was what you had when you had nothing else. Hope was the perfect shiny top on the Christmas tree, the glowing halo of every wish, the endless beacon of a lighthouse bringing tormented ships home at last."- Deb Caletti
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West of the Rain
The Homing Beacon - Buckethead
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Standing on top of the Dunstable Downs, England, and occasionally being used (at Easter for example). When lit, it can be seen from far away and so is in contact with other beacons across the country. It is a very old method of communication. Samyang wide-angle lens at F8 plus a polariser. Image has been cropped.
A hike in the Brecon Beacons yesterday. The big three taken from Fan y Big: Cribyn, Pen y Fan and Corn Du.
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Looking across from Fan y Big in the Brecon Beacons in South Wales. The big three peaks, Cribyn, Corn Du and the peak of Pen y Fan shrouded in cloud.
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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.
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
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.