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I love Artist Point. I can't believe that I don't have any interior shots! Still, the sign is a good enough reminder :-)
I really like the sign because it is very 'Rennie MacIntosh'. At the time of shooting, I couldn't make my mind up on composition. I think I prefer this elongated version though.
De retour des Iles Scilly, en passant entre les vieux moines et la terre, c'est plus court, mais il y a moins d'eau...
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point held its graduation and commissioning ceremony for the Class of 2020 on The Plain in West Point, New York, June 13, 2020. This year, 1,113 cadets graduated. Among them were 12 international cadets. The class includes 229 women, 132 African-Americans, 103 Asian/Pacific Islanders, 102 Hispanics and 10 Native Americans. There are 143 members who attended the U.S. Military Academy Preparatory School (125 men and 18 women). There are 59 class members who are prior service, eight of those are combat veterans. In attendance were commencement speaker President Donald J. Trump, Secretary of the Army Ryan D. McCarthy and Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. James C. McConville. (U.S. Army Photo by Staff Sgt. Chrissy Rivers )
The Mouille Point lighthouse, commissioned in 1842, was the second lighthouse in South Africa. It operated for the last time in 1908 when the Table Bay harbour breakwater light came into being.
It consisted of a brick tower with lantern and gallery about 11 m (36 ft) tall. The tower was plastered and painted white and had a dioptric lamp which used about 730 gallons of sheep tail oil per annum.
The lighthouse was finally decommissioned on the 15th April 1906 and was demolished in 1912. Unfortunately during its lifetime a number of ships ran aground on on the rocks right in front of it!
The first ship was the “RMS Athens” which ran aground in May 1865 and two months later a second ship "The Piscatua " was also wrecked on the same spot.
The RMS Athens was a mail steamer belonging to Union Steamship Co. It had a crew of 29 who all perished when the ship sank. The sea on the day of the wrecking was extremely rough and as the ship tried to steam out of Table Bay it was swamped by some large waves which put out the boiler fires leaving the ship to the mercy of the seas. The ship broke up rapidly when it hit the reef and today all one can see of the ship is its engine block.
Of the lighthouse, all that remains of the original structure is a 3m (10ft) high concrete base located in the grounds of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology situated on the site of the old Mouille Point Battery at Granger Bay.
Today, the Green Point lighthouse, a short distance towards Sea Point is commonly, and inaccurately referred to as 'The Mouille Point Lighthouse'.
From various sources
Account of the wreck of the RMS Athens
While exploring the Maine coast we traveled Rt. 32 along picturesque Muscongus Sound through New Harbor in Pemaquid Neck.Our travels took us to a beautiful beach and then to Pemaquid Point. Pemaquid Point Light is a wonderful place to stop, take in the scenery, smell the salty air and just sit listening to the waves crash. The sun and clouds were wonderfully dramatic, the sunlight highlighting the flag flapping in the breeze.Photograph "Pemaquid Point Lighthouse", by Joy Nichols, has been edited with border, watercolor process, and texture.
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High on the southern slope of Mount Tamalpais, West Point Inn has provided a destination with sensational views and a quiet refuge at night for more than 100 years. It was built in 1904 for those who rode up from Mill Valley on the "Crookedest Railroad in the World." That old railroad line is now a great mountain-bike route, and several hiking trails lead to West Point Inn as well. The inn is run as a co-op, and, like a step back in time, has no electricity.
"Bloody Point" on Daufuskie is named for a battle between colonists and Native Americans. An indian attack up the coast prmpted retaliation here. The dead trees, a common sight on the barrier islands of South Carolina, give the point a chilling, yet alluring, "boneyard" effect.
To the right, at low tide, a sandbar extends almost 1/2 a mile into the ocean. It is fun to explore, be be quick - the returning tide will kill you.
Nicola Buckingham styling her way up the super enjoyable route Xylazong 17, at the remote cliffs of Sahara Point, Newnes Plateau, Blue Mountains, Australia
A stunning view from up north QLD last year in 2014. Archer point is a beautiful viewing point (lighthouse included) just south of Cooktown.
Members of the West Point Band play during lunch formation - in costume adding merriment to the day.
The promise of clear skies and an early morning moonrise saw me head out to The Avenue with the hope of getting a few star trail images. Sadly despite having so many great monuments around the countryside we are plagued with light pollution. Swindon, Salisbury, Marlborough, Calne and Bath have us surrounded and fill the night sky with the orange glow from their sodium street lights.
I contented myself with a view across The Avenue with the point of one of the great marker stones pointing up towards Jupiter (the bright star) and no star trails.
The slight orange glow in this image is a combination of the bright lights of Bath some 22 miles away and Melksham about 10 miles away.
A 20 sec exposure - Canon 24mm TS-E lens at F3.5, ISO 800, was a little too long to capture all the stars sharply, the ones on the left of the image have slight trails. I am quite pleased with the light painting of the foreground though.
Another shot from Rocky Point after the sun had already gone down. This one was processed just using Capture NX2. I still haven't bothered to read the manual, but I'm having fun with it. 50 more days on the trial version.
The Point Betsie Lighthouse was built in 1858 and is listed on the National Register of Historical Places. It marks the southern entrance to the Manitou Passage, and is located just south of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and a bit north of Frankfort, Mi on the west coast of the state. The Lighthouse is owned by Benzie County and has strong volunteer support in its operation, maintenance and renovation.
The Stony Point lighthouse was built in 1826, and is the oldest lighthouse on the Hudson River. In October, 1995, the lighthouse was restored, relighted, and re-opened to the public for the first time since 1925, when it was decommissioned after having served for nearly one hundred years.
The lighthouse marked the danger to ships of a rocky promontory - Stony Point peninsula. Thomas Phillips of New York built the lighthouse (an octagonal pyramid made of blue split stone) - and a nearby keepers' house for $3350.
source: Stony Point Lighthouse
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From the keepers house the true scale of the lighthouse at Portland. Just a close shot with the 105mm macro still attached to the camera when I arrived! Handheld impromptu shot.
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On a clear day you can see forever but,
That wouldn't be as much fun!
Looking north from Obstruction Point Road to Port Angeles near Hurricane Ridge.
Obstruction Point Road
Hurricane Ridge
Olympic national forest
Canon T2i
Tamron 11-18mm
ISO 100 f/8
3 exposures
HDR
Photomatix
Oloeno PhotoEnigine
Photoshop
Topaz Plugins
Sesame Street's Elmo with Shaggy Rogers and Scooby-Doo.n Picture taken at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point Indiana.
Glaciar point in Yosemite is one of the best places to get a good view of the park. We were tired after our hike to upper yosemite falls the previous day, so we went their by car instead of hiking. This place definitely is one of the "places" that you should visit in yosemite. Yosemite is a huge park and I have a lot more to see.
Fun fact: The place I took the photo from was under 600ft of ice during ice age