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"Following overland tests at Salisbury Plain during March 1897, on May 13, the Italian born and recently British based inventor, best known for his development of a radiotelegraph system, Guglielmo Marconi, assisted by George Kemp (who was a Cardiff based Post Office engineer) transmitted and received the first wireless signals over open sea from Lavernock Point to Flat Holm island. The very first message transmitted in morse code was "ARE YOU READY". This was immediately followed by "CAN YOU HEAR ME" to which the reply was "YES LOUD AND CLEAR".
The initial tests were so successful over the three and a third mile (6 kilometres) stretch of water that it was quickly decided to relocate the telegraph equipment from Flat Holm to Brean Down Fort, near Weston Super Mare increasing the distance to nearly ten miles (16 kilometres) from the Lavernock Point transmitter.
Following these successful trials, Marconi subsequently vested his new patent rights in his 'Wireless Telegraph and Signal Company'.
On the point in the late 1860s Lavernock Fort gun battery was built by the Royal Commission and completed in 1870, with three 7" muzzle loading cannons to protect the channel approaches to Cardiff and Bristol shipyards during the short lived war between Britain and France that followed the French Revolution. Sometime before 1895 the gun battery was reinforced with a fourth cannon only for all four guns to be replaced eight years later by two rapid fire six inch former naval guns in 1903. A two unit searchlight battery was added during the Second World War. Today the remaining main section of the gun battery has been listed as an Ancient Monument, which includes the gun emplacements, director-rangefinder observation position, crew and officers quarters."
Boat at Sunderland Point. Filters used to help with exposure. Image possibly to be used as part of a college project
Shot at the UniverSoul Circus in Indianapolis, IN on 7/21/2012. Nikon D800E @ 98mm f/4.5 ISO1100 - 1/400sec.
Today Sean and I went down to Big Sur.....on our way down the coast our first stop was Point Lobos State Park....we walked a couple of the trails....I think I could easily spend whole day there....when we first arrived there was quite a bit of morning fog...but during our time on the second trail, the fog lifted....I think I must have uttered the words beautiful and gorgeous hundreds of times today....
The above is another collaboration...photo by me, post processing by Sean. (thanks Sean!)
Taken in Point Lobos State Park, California
Penguin Point is an exhibit inhabited by African penguins (,em>Spheniscus demersus). Though most people are familiar with the penguin species native to Antarctica, these are native to South Africa and Namibia.
Cattle Point Lighthouse stands on the southern tip of San Juan Island in northwestern Washington.
The 1846 Treaty of Oregon signed by The United States and Great Britain wasn't exactly clear as to ownership of San Juan Island, as a result the island was claimed by both parties. In 1859, the U.S. and Great Britain nearly went to war here because of a dispute over of all things a pig, until cooler heads prevailed.
Cattle Point, site of an early Hudson Bay Company sheep and cattle operation, derived its name in 1857 after a transport ship ran aground nearby, forcing its cargo of cattle to swim ashore.
This lighthouse was built in 1935.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
changed the typeface and corrected the previous "a" that was looking like an "o". now its looks like I've finally reached a conclusion.
Grass, Point Lobos. Point Lobos State Reserve, California. April 26, 2009. © Copyright G Dan Mitchell - all rights reserved.
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A thick carpet of spring grass at Point Lobos State Reserve, California.
(More of my Point Lobos photographs)
As I hiked through the pine forest in the southern part of the Point Lobos State Reserve on a foggy day during the last weekend of April the spring grasses and wildflowers (and poison oak!) were growing everywhere. I had stopped to photograph a scene of pines with a meadow containing yellow flowers when I spotted one large clump of very green grass that had been blown or otherwise pushed into this interesting pattern.
This photograph is not in the public domain. It may not be used on websites, blogs, or in any other media without explicit advance permission from G Dan Mitchell.
This is a shot I hadn't got around to from a recent night photography workshop I too in San Francisco. Seems there was a moonlight tour of the Point Bonita Lighthouse this night and access (which is normally denied and blocked by a tunnel and iron gate) to the bridge out to the light was open.
The moon had not quite risen yet so I snapped a few "for fun shots" while waiting. I love shooting slihouettes at desk into the sunset. The trails that appear and disappear into the setting pinks and oranges is a neat phenomenon to me.
The bridge here leads out over the water...a rocky craggy surf crashing below it. This light house has been around for quite some time. It has aided thousands of ships into San Francisco Bay. Inspite of its helpfulness over 150 ships have still sunk and been crushed against the nasty rocks leading into the bay.
This was taken @:
f/8
120 secs
ISO 100
Focal Length: 17mm (Canon 17-40 L)
I know it doesn't look too perpendicular with the lens distortion in this shot but it's quite beautiful and unique.... a little fortress against the elements.
Further info.. www.lighthouse.net.au/lIGhtS/NSW/Point Perpendicular/Pt Perpendicular.htm
The Cedar Point skyline as seen from Lakeview Beach in Lorian, Ohio. Notice Top Thrill Dragster on the right.
Chanonry Point is [4] one of the best spots in the UK to view Bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus from the land. The dolphins are often visible off Chanonry point, particularly on an incoming tide when they play and fish in the strong currents. Other wildlife, including porpoises and grey seals, can also regularly be spotted. European otters Lutra lutra are occasional visitors.
I was out and about on Sunday afternoon chasing the light again. We had walked (and photographed) Wessenden in the morning and I wanted to go to a point that I hadn’t walked to before, but, had my eye on for a long time. I also ended up on West Nab for a change. Considering we walk within half a mile of West Nab several times a week, we never go up it. The prominent hill above Meltham and the southern end of a saddleback hill that has Deer Hill and Shooters Nab at the other end – Meltham Moor rather than Marsden Moor. Outside of the National trust land access, a long time ago, used to be a bit problematic. I seem to remember the shooting syndicate trying to restrict access in the distant past. This ridge is on the Pennine skyline and I used to be able to see it driving back from Hull in the eight wheeler every morning.
We initially called at Buckstone on the A640, my old gritting route this, and grabbed a few decent shots before heading in to Saddleworth. I wanted to get to the small TV mast above Uppermill and Greenfield to check it out as a viewpoint. Having changed clothes after the morning walk, I ended up filthy, the fields looked green and walkable but were actually a mud bath after months of rain – Wellies next time.
The view across to Chew Valley, Dovestones and The Wimberry stones was very good, with Greenfield below. I mostly went for the classic wide angle look, big sky, as the sky was generally attractive.
The West Nab with its scattered boulders and panoramic views is a fantastic place and easy to get to. I used to practice with my medium format cameras up there years ago.
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Point Richmond is a nice little quaint area in Richmond ca, it almost feels like a small north east town in maine or mass.