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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) above the eastern basin of the Ismaninger Speichersee.
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27th 2020. At the time the photo was taken it was in the constellation of Ursa Major, below the Big Dipper.
The Ismaninger Speichersee is a reservoir in the north of Munich, built in 1929 to regulate the water flow for the run-of-the-river power plants along the Isar Canal.
The reservoir and the adjacent fish ponds are a nature reserve (Europareservat) and an Important Bird Area (IBA).
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Comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) below the Big Dipper, above the eastern basin of the Ismaninger Speichersee.
C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) is a long period comet with a near-parabolic orbit discovered on March 27th 2020.
In that particular night it was slightly hazy - therefore the light pollution around Munich had a stronger effect, it was not possible to see the comet with the naked eye. The camera obviously could see it, binoculars and a telescope helped the eyes...
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This parabolic antenna was the first one ("Antenne 1") built for the "Erdfunkstelle Raisting", the worlds largest facility for satellite communications. Built in 1963/64, it was used to transmit coverage of the first landing on the Moon to Germany and to distribute coverage of the 1972 Olympic Games around the world.
The antenna is not in use anymore, but the entire structure is under Denkmalschutz (scheduled monument, historic landmark) and used as a technical museum named "Radom Raisting". There have been plans by students of the Technical University Munich to re-use the antenna.
Usually this antenna is hidden under an air-supported radome, unfortunately this was destroyed by a winter storm in February 2020, the rain water entering the structure also destroyed the electronics.
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The Hittites (/ˈhɪtaɪts/) were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara before 1750 BC, then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1650 BC. This empire reached its height during the mid-14th century BC under Šuppiluliuma I, when it encompassed an area that included most of Anatolia as well as parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.
Hattusa (also Ḫattuša or Hattusas /ˌhɑːttʊˈsɑːs/; Hittite: Ḫa-at-tu-ša, Hattic: Hattush) was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).
Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1986.
Ref: Wikipedia
The capital of the Hittites - Hattusa - was surrounded by massive fortifications when the Hittite civilization had a status of the Near East superpower. The walls were erected using the natural shape of the terrain or completely changing it, depending on the architectural and strategic needs. At least six gates let people enter the interior of the city. The Lion Gate is the first one that can be seen when following the official sightseeing route around Hattusa.
The Lion Gate, built in the early 14th century BCE, is located in the south-western part of the fortifications. It is flanked by two towers and the upper parts between the towers have been destroyed. The gate consists of two access openings of parabolic shape: an internal one and an external one. Once they were mounted with wooden doors that opened inwards. Most probably, the exterior doors were sheathed in bronze to increase their resistance.
Ref: Turkish Archaeological News, turkisharchaeonews.net/object/lion-gate-hattusa
The Hittites (/ˈhɪtaɪts/) were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara before 1750 BC, then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1650 BC. This empire reached its height during the mid-14th century BC under Šuppiluliuma I, when it encompassed an area that included most of Anatolia as well as parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.
Hattusa (also Ḫattuša or Hattusas /ˌhɑːttʊˈsɑːs/; Hittite: Ḫa-at-tu-ša, Hattic: Hattush) was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).
Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1986.
Ref: Wikipedia
The capital of the Hittites - Hattusa - was surrounded by massive fortifications when the Hittite civilization had a status of the Near East superpower. The walls were erected using the natural shape of the terrain or completely changing it, depending on the architectural and strategic needs. At least six gates let people enter the interior of the city. The Lion Gate is the first one that can be seen when following the official sightseeing route around Hattusa.
The Lion Gate, built in the early 14th century BCE, is located in the south-western part of the fortifications. It is flanked by two towers and the upper parts between the towers have been destroyed. The gate consists of two access openings of parabolic shape: an internal one and an external one. Once they were mounted with wooden doors that opened inwards. Most probably, the exterior doors were sheathed in bronze to increase their resistance.
Ref: Turkish Archaeological News, turkisharchaeonews.net/object/lion-gate-hattusa
The photograph shows foundations of the city walls from the Lion Gate.
The Hittites (/ˈhɪtaɪts/) were an Anatolian people who played an important role in establishing first a kingdom in Kussara before 1750 BC, then the Kanesh or Nesha kingdom (c. 1750–1650 BC), and next an empire centered on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1650 BC. This empire reached its height during the mid-14th century BC under Šuppiluliuma I, when it encompassed an area that included most of Anatolia as well as parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.
Hattusa (also Ḫattuša or Hattusas /ˌhɑːttʊˈsɑːs/; Hittite: Ḫa-at-tu-ša, Hattic: Hattush) was the capital of the Hittite Empire in the late Bronze Age. Its ruins lie near modern Boğazkale, Turkey, within the great loop of the Kızılırmak River (Hittite: Marashantiya; Greek: Halys).
Hattusa was added to the UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 1986.
Ref: Wikipedia
The King’s Gate in Hattusa (the capital of the Hittite Empire in the Late Bronze Age) was part of the city's fortifications. The gate is decorated with a sculpture of the God of War in high relief and measuring 2.25m in height. The original relief can be seen today in the Museum of Ancient Civilizations in Ankara.
The King's Gate (tr. Kral Kapısı) is situated in the south-eastern part of Hattusa city walls. It is worth the attention of visitors especially because of its excellent state of preservation. Its shape and size are similar to the Lion Gate in the south-western part of the fortifications. The gate is flanked by two towers, and there are two parabolic-shaped door passages: external and internal.
Ref: King's Gate (Hattusa). Madainproject.com. (2022). Editors of the Madain Project. Retrieved on January 07, 2023, from madainproject.com/kings_gate_(hattusa)
A light was requested for these islands by Sir John Clayton in the late 17th century and by Captain J Blackett in 1755. Unfortunately both were rejected as the Elder Brethren of Trinity House were unable to obtain the consent of the affected parties to pay a toll for the maintenance of the light. However, in 1826 it was found essential to construct a lighthouse in the Farne Group on the Longstone Rock.
The lighthouse—designed and built by Joseph Nelson—is a red and white circular tower built of rough stone with iron railings around the lantern gallery. The light originally came from the Argand lamps with 12 burners, parabolic reflectors 21 inches in diameter and nine inches deep and a catadioptric optical apparatus.
The island was a bleak situation to endure and the isolation must have been terrible, often storms were so bad as to drive the family into the upper rooms of the tower to seek refuge, the waves being so enormous that they covered the living quarters.
Longstone Lighthouse is most famous as the scene of the Forfarshire wreck and the exploits of Grace Darling, a daughter of the keeper in charge. In September 1838 the steamer Forfarshire, bound from Hull to Dundee, went aground on Hawkers Rocks, about a mile from the Lighthouse, when 43 people were drowned; the stern portion of the vessel being split off and carried away in the storm. The forepart, to which clung the survivors, remained fast on the rocks. At daybreak William Darling, the keeper, and the fishermen ashore saw the wreck, but the waves were beating against the rocks so much that the fishermen thought it impossible to attempt a rescue and even Darling hesitated. He was finally persuaded to make the attempt by his daughter, with her as the second hand in the small lighthouse boat. On reaching the wreck after a terrific struggle they brought back four men and one woman in their frail open boat and later a further four survivors; all 9 had to be accommodated and fed at the lighthouse for two days until the storm abated and they could be taken to the mainland. This gallant action made Grace Darling and her father famous.
In Casa Milà, Gaudí shows the application of the catenary arch as a support structure for the roof, using the Catalan technique of timbrel, imported from Italy in the fourteenth century.
The attic, where the laundry rooms were located, was a clear room under a Catalan vault roof supported by 270 parabolic vaults of different heights and spaced by about 80 cm. The roof resembles both the ribs of a gigantic animal and a palm, giving the roof-deck a very unconventional shape similar to a landscape of hills and valleys.
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The Olympic Agora is a structure designed by Santiago Calatrava for the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. It consists of 99 parabolic arches that are linked to form a ceremonial route running along the Athens Olympic Complex.
Historic Galata Bridge and New Mosque before the sun rises in ramadan. Ramazan ayında güneş doğmadan önce tarihi Galata Köprüsü ve Yeni Cami'nin görüntüsü. Eminönü, Fatih District, Istanbul Province, TURKEI. The Galata is a bridge that spans the Golden Horn in Istanbul City. From the end of the 19th century in particular, the bridge has featured in Turkish literature, theater, poetry and novels. In 1453, during the Conquest of Şehr-i İstanbul, the Turks assembled a mobile bridge by placing their ships side by side across the water, so that their troops could move from one side of the Golden Horn (Haliç) to the other.
Golden Horn Bridge designed by Leonardo da Vinci in 1502. In the years 1502–1503, there were plans to construct the first bridge at the current location. Sultan Beyazıt II solicited a design and Leonardo da Vinci, utilizing three well-known geometrical principles, the pressed-bow, parabolic curve and keystone arch, created an unprecedented single span 240 m long and 24 m wide bridge for the Golden Horn, which would have become the longest bridge in the world of that time, had it been constructed. However, the ambitious design was not approved by the Ottoman Sultan.... This photo is for One1stanbul Photo Album - Candidate Photographs
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Remember mankind, sooner or later absolutely every soul shall taste death .. Hatırla insanoğlu, er yada geç muhakkak ki her canlı ölümü tadacaktır! Yedi Düvel Gelse Millet Eğilmez, Şehitler Ölmez Vatan Bölünmez.
AMSTERDAM LIGHT FESTIVAL - In their installation 'Parabolic Lightcloud', Renzo B. Larriviere and Simone Chua (amigo & amigo) use more than 1,000 lights to make something invisible visible: our human emotions.
Europe, Greece, Attika, Athens, Marousi suburb, OAKA, Esplanade, People (uncut)
The linked parabols of the OAKA Esplanade that gives access to the main Olympic facilities of 2004 in Athens (Santiago Calatrava, 2004). It's an array of 99 interconnected metal parabolic arches.
Most OAKA facilities were already created in 1980-1982 for the European Athletics Championship and enlarged and given a new outer shell. Almost entirely devoid of people, OAKA was a fascinating but also a somewhat eerie place to visit.
Another capture of the Esplanade from within is: here
A capture of the renovated Olympic stadium (Calatrava) is: here.
A capture of the roof (Calatrava) of the velodrome is: here
A capture of the Olympic Indoor Hall is: here.
This is number 47 of the Athens/Piraeus album and and 1411 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
The Mrs. and I were visiting the Maine coast on the day Tropical Storm Henri came rolling into the Northeast United States.
The clouds over the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse looked ominous, and I got soaking wet and a bit cold while shooting photos.
All difficulties were forgotten, however, when I found a Lobster for lunch and my favorite cocktail. Enjoyed both while drying off and warming up.... Life is Good : )
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(From a Local News Report... On the 30th anniversary of the last hurricane to make a direct hit on New England, the region warily braced for Tropical Storm Henri as it gathered strength and headed for the northeastern U.S).
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The Pemaquid Point Lighthouse is located in Bristol, Lincoln County, Maine, at the tip of the Pemaquid Neck.
The lighthouse was commissioned in 1827 by President John Quincy Adams and built that year. Because of poor workmanship (salt water was used in the mortar mix), the lighthouse began to crumble and was replaced in 1835.
The second contract for the construction stipulated that only fresh water be used. Keeper Isaac Dunham oversaw the construction and wrote in a letter to the US Lighthouse Establishment that the agreement was upheld and the work went well.
The original light was an Argand-Lewis parabolic reflector, lit with candles and with a visibility of 2 miles (3.2 km). Augustin Fresnel invented a superior way of focusing light in the early 1850s and most lighthouses in the US were converted to the Fresnel Lens, with Pemaquid Point receiving a fourth order Fresnel in 1856. The lens is one of only six Fresnel lenses still in service in Maine. The keeper's house was built in 1857.
Marcus A. Hanna, the only man ever awarded both the Medal of Honor (earned during Civil War for bravery on July 4, 1863) and the Gold Lifesaving Medal (for rescuing life on January 28, 1885 at Cape Elizabeth), once served as keeper of the light.
By popular vote of Maine residents, the lighthouse was chosen to be featured on the Maine quarter, the 23rd in the 50 State Quarters Program issued by the U.S. Mint.
Exposed bedrock descends from the lighthouse to the ocean creating a unique, scenic landscape. The geological history of these formations dates back hundreds of millions of years.
(Nikon Z6, 24-200/f/4-6.3, 1/100 @ f/22, ISO 360)
In Hammerbrook wurde ein ausgezeichnetes Stück Hamburger Architektur geschaffen und der Berliner Bogen macht seinem Namen alle Ehre: Nicht nur aufgrund seiner geschwungenen Form sticht das Gebäude heraus. Als skulpturales Objekt verkörpert der Berliner Bogen das Aneinandergrenzen von Wasser und Stadt. Auf einer Länge von rund 140 Metern überspannt das Gebäude das Ende des kilometerlangen Hochwasserbassins. An den beiden Uferseiten wölben sich die Stahlbögen bis zu einer Höhe von 36 Metern parabelförmig über den Kanal. Nach gut dreijähriger Bauzeit wurde der Bürokomplex Ende des Jahres 2001 eröffnet. Verantwortlich für den Berliner Bogen sind die Hamburger BRT Architekten Bothe, Richter und Teherani.
An excellent piece of Hamburg architecture was created in Hammerbrook and the Berliner Bogen lives up to its name: the building stands out not only because of its curved shape. As a sculptural object, the Berliner Bogen embodies the juxtaposition of water and city. The building spans the end of the kilometer-long flood basin over a length of around 140 meters. On both sides of the river, the steel arches arch over the canal in a parabolic manner up to a height of 36 meters. After three years of construction, the office complex was opened at the end of 2001. The Hamburg architects Bothe, Richter and Teherani are responsible for the Berliner Bogen.
(Quelle: hamburg.de)
Website: roquesgallery-photography.co/
Die phantasieanregende Lobby im Berliner Bogen zu Hamburg: Am Hamburger Anckelmannsplatz scheint das Bürohaus Berliner Bogen über dem Wasser zu schweben: Auf einer Länge von rund 140 Metern überspannt das Gebäude das Ende eines kilometerlangen Hochwasserbassins und schafft auf diese Weise kostbares Bauland im Großstadtraum. An beiden Uferseiten abgestützt, wölben sich Stahlbögen bis zu einer Höhe von 36 Metern parabelförmig über den Kanal. Das Gebäude ist als Haus im Haus konzipiert: mit einem inneren, massiven Teil, der auf rund 32 000 Quadratmetern Platz für mehr als 1200 Arbeitsplätze bietet, und einer Glashülle, die diese Kamm-artige Struktur umschließt. Die außergewöhnliche Konstruktion ist nicht nur optisch eindrucksvoll, sondern spart auch Energie. Architekt: BRT Architekten, Bothe • Richter • Teherani, Hamburg
The imaginative lobby in the Berliner Bogen in Hamburg: At Anckelmannsplatz in Hamburg, the office building Berliner Bogen seems to float above the water: Over a length of about 140 metres, the building spans the end of a kilometre-long flood basin, creating valuable building land in the metropolitan area. Supported on both sides of the river, steel arches curve up to a height of 36 metres above the canal in a parabolic manner. The building is designed as a house within a house: with a massive interior that can accommodate more than 1200 workplaces on around 32,000 square metres, and a glass envelope that surrounds this comb-like structure. The extraordinary construction is not only visually impressive, but also saves energy. Architect: BRT Architekten, Bothe • Richter • Teherani, Hamburg
Website: www.heiko-roebke-photography.de
Europe, Greece, Attika, Athens, Marousi suburb, OAKA, Esplanade (cut from all sides)
The linked parabols of the OAKA Esplanade that gives access to the main Olympic facilities of 2004 in Athens (Santiago Calatrava, 2004). It's an array of 99 interconnected metal parabolic arches.
Most OAKA facilities were already created in 1980-1982 for the European Athletics Championship and enlarged and given a new outer shell. Almost entirely devoid of people, OAKA was a fascinating but also a somewhat eerie place to visit.
Another capture of the Esplanade from within is: here
A capture of the renovated Olympic stadium (Calatrava) is: here.
A capture of the roof (Calatrava) of the velodrome is: here
A capture of the Olympic Indoor Hall is: here
Check out the soundtrack by Brian Eno: Music for airports.
This is number 45 of the Athens/Piraeus album and and 1408 of Minimalism / explicit Graphism.
Europe, Spain, Valencia, Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, L'Umbracle (slightly cut)
The L’Umbracle (a covered statue garden designed by Santiago Calatrava in 2001) was conceived as an entrance for the Ciutat de les Arts y les Ciènces.
The intention was that over the course of time ivy could grow over Calatrava's trademark parabolic arches. And that this would create a shadow over the gardens. But alas. Because of the hot sun and the metal heating up, the ivy burned before it could reach the top of those arches.
At one base of the structure, the architect made use of the characteristic white-blue trencadís (small tile mosaic) to decorate the vents of the the carpark that´s under the Umbracle. His inspiration was again Guadì and in a broader sense the Modernismo Valenciano. The first six of the series sometimes looked upon as fish mouths) form an entrance to the building.
In the BG is Calatrava's Pont de l'Assut de l'or.
This is number 28 of the Valencia! album and 288 of Valencia & Andalucia.
Snowing in my hometown.
In the nineteenth century the Freixa family owned these lands where they installed a fabric factory.
In 1907 the industrialist Josep Freixa i Argemí decided to turn the factory into a family residence, for which he commissioned the architect Lluís Muncunill and Parellada to renovate the building project.
The architect conceived a modernist building with Gaudinian inspiration with a lookout tower on the east side, where the most prominent features are the rounded profiles and the use of the parabolic arch.
This transformation turned the Freixa house into one of the jewels of Catalan Modernism that the architect surrounded by gardens of English inspiration.
Nowadays, the Masia Freixa is home to the City Council for the Promotion of the City and Tourism and, also, the Ombudsman's Office.
The famous South Lawn underground car park at the University of Melbourne. This car park was used in the filming of Mad Max.
Built in 1971/72, this car park has aged as gracefully as myself. The design of the car park includes drainage from the ground above through the parabolic columns. Unique and controversial at the time.
I've visited here before but this time without my camera - had to use my phone, which forced me to think carefully about composition and lighting.
This semicircular temple is built on the same rock overlying Bingham's "Royal Mausoleum", and is similar to the Temple of the Sun found in Cusco and the Temple of the Sun found in Pisac, in having what Bingham described as a "parabolic enclosure wall". At the bottom of the valley you can see the Urubamba River.
Small mountain, more like a hill, above Pähl. Nice hiking area between Starnberger See und Ammersee. Close by the once-famous hotel and beer garden Hirschberg Alm. Your choice to walk above the hills, with normally Phantastin views to warts the alps and Zugspitze. Or down the hill to the Phäler Schlucht.
Are alternately just a short hike from the parking lot, to enjoy the view over the hilly landscape and the views towards the Alps, and more front the futuristic huge parabolic satellite antennas and Radons at Raisting. Tried to take some pictures, they were just too far away and the air hazy from the last rain or snow
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Palau Güell's hall is crowned by a parabolic dome, which lights the whole space through a series of small openings and a large central oculus. The dome is topped by a 15-metre high spire in the top roof.
Palau Güell was one of the first important commissions Antoni Gaudí received at the start of his career. Eusebi Güell (industrialist, politician and patron of the arts) wanted Gaudí to build him this peculiar urban palace as an extension of the family home on La Rambla. It was the home of the Güell i López family until they moved to Park Güell.
Il Lingotto di Torino è un comprensorio di edifici situato nel quartiere Nizza Millefonti di Torino, chiuso tra via Nizza (dal numero 230 al 294) e un ramo del passante ferroviario, adiacente all'omonimo quartiere Lingotto.
Fu uno dei principali stabilimenti di produzione della fabbrica automobilistica FIAT, poi riconvertito a grande centro polifunzionale.
Nel 1994, sul tetto della palazzina centrale, fu costruita, sempre su progetto di Renzo Piano, la cosiddetta Bolla, ovvero una sala riunioni semi-sferica e trasparente, attrezzata e panoramica da 25 posti, realizzata in acciaio e verto-cristallo, con vista sulle Alpi e sulla pista parabolica di collaudo. Sulla stessa struttura portante della Bolla, che sembra quasi sospesa, fu costruito anche un disco di atterraggio da eliporto, per permettere il veloce atterraggio di elicotteri.
The Lingotto di Torino is a district of buildings located in the Nizza Millefonti district of Turin, closed between via Nizza (from number 230 to 294) and a branch of the railway link, adjacent to the homonymous Lingotto district.
It was one of the main production plants of the FIAT car factory, later converted into a large multifunctional center.
In 1994, on the roof of the central building, the so-called Bolla was built, again on a project by Renzo Piano, that is a semi-spherical and transparent meeting room, equipped and panoramic with 25 seats, made of steel and crystal glass, with a view on the Alps and on the parabolic test track. A heliport landing disc was also built on the same supporting structure as the Bolla, which seems almost suspended, to allow the fast landing of helicopters.
Explore Front Page (#1) on November 24th. Thank you all!
Under the tracks of the Light Rapid Transit, Punggol, Singapore.
Other views of those tracks in my Punggol Set.
All my photos nicely presented on black on this very cool site called DARCKR.
The famous South Lawn underground car park at the University of Melbourne. This car park was used in the filming of Mad Max.
Built in 1971/72, this car park has aged as gracefully as myself. The design of the car park includes drainage from the ground above through the parabolic columns. Unique and controversial at the time.
I've visited here before but this time without my camera - had to use my phone, which forced me to think carefully about composition and lighting.
Between 1917 and 1924, the former main post office, designed by J. Crouwel jr. was realised in the style of the Amsterdam school, inspired by the work of the Finnish architect Saarinen. The magnificent hall with parabolic arches of yellow vitrified bricks is very impressive indeed. Global accessibility trough postal services is symbolised by the cast statues of the five continents, constructud by H.A. van den Eynde. The sixth image depicts trade and prosperity. Transport via land, sea and air is shown at the entrance. The cloack and the national copast of arms in the glazed tiles on the crosscut walls were created by the Porceleyne Fles.
The platforms of the Kievsky railway Station (formerly Bryansky railway station) in Moscow are covered with a massive glazed parabolic structure (length 321 meters (1053 feet), width 47.9 meters (157 feet), height 30 m (98 feet)) weighing more than 1250 tons. The author of the design is the famous engineer Vladimir Shukhov. The landing stage was completed in 1918.
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The original lighthouse at the is site was built in 1827 by order President Quincy Adams. However the original lighthouse was of such shoddy workmanship that it started falling apart right after it was built. A new and current lighthouse was commissioned in 1835 with a Argand-Lewis parabolic reflector lit by large candles that could be seen for two miles. In 1856 more efficient light reflectors with installed. In 1857 a light keepers house was built which has been converted a small museum today. in 1935 the lighthouse was automated when a electric light source had been installed and 1985 it was added to the national register of historic places. The lighthouse is owned by the U.S. Coast Guard and is licensed to the American Lighthouse Foundation. Friends of Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (FPPL), one of the 21 chapters of the Foundation, operates the lighthouse. Upkeep and ongoing restoration are funded solely by visitor donations. FPPL member docents open the lighthouse for visits from mid-May to mid-October.
A piece of "modern art" outside the Palace of Versailles - it looks remarkably like a "Martian Invader" but in fact is a reflective parabolic dish on three legs.
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