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Pointe du Hoc is a clifftop location on the coast of Normandy in northern France. It is situated between Utah Beach to the west and Omaha Beach to the east, and stands on 100 ft (30 m) tall cliffs overlooking the sea. Marking the Western end of the Omaha beach sector, it was a point of attack by the United States Army Ranger Assault Group during Operation Overlord in World War II. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointe_du_Hoc
Race Point, Provincetown, Cape Cod, MA 12 September 2014. Cory's Shearwaters and Common Terns were passing in large numbers, with smaller numbers of Great, Sooty, and Manx Shearwaters, as well as Northern Gannets and Roseate Terns. eBird: ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S19864577
If you ever watched that (1992) movie, Forever Young, there was a lighthouse shown at the very end, where Mel Gibson lands his B-25.
We passed there yesterday, coming back from Mendocino. The lighthouse tour guide explains to us that the house seen at the end of the movie was a "Hollywood House" -- once they finished filming, they fold it up on a trailer and left with it. They did leave a pretty gazebo on the cliff though!
Point Judith Light at Narragansett, RI. The Fresnel lens is still in use and is lit in this photo.
Photographed using a Nikkor 80-400 VR lens on a Nikon F5 with Kodak Portra 400VC film.
Point Reyes Lighthouse is a lighthouse in the Gulf of the Farallones on Point Reyes in Point Reyes National Seashore, located in Marin County, California, United States.
Zabriskie Point is a part of Amargosa Range located in Death Valley National Park in the United States noted for its erosional landscape. It is composed of sediments from Furnace Creek Lake, which dried up 5 million years ago — long before Death Valley came into existence. The name Zabriskie comes from Christian Brevoort Zabriskie, who in the early 20th century was the vice-president and general manager of the Pacific Coast Borax Company, whose famous twenty mule teams were used to transport borax from the company's mining operations in Death Valley.
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Decided to go for a quick hike around the Old Rocky Point fairgrounds in Warwick RI. It has been covered to a walking area open for investigating. The kiddos loved exploring.
25 July
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Read more about this lighthouse
www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/drum_point.htm
Some excerpts from that page -
The museum is fortunate that the logbook for the drum Point Lighthouse have survived for the periods 1883 to 1943, and are preserved at the National Archives. Keepers were required to make daily entries regarding weather, work performed, and any unusual occurrences. A study of the logbooks reveals and endless round of cleaning and maintenance, but the logs also recorded strandings, sinkings, the arrival of inspectors and visits by Light House Board steamers, trips to shore for mail, supplies, and for church visits, and the occasional visitor.
A few of the unusual events reported were:
March 12, 1885, when a sloop dragged anchor and hit the lighthouse, with a crew apparently drunk, one of whom fell overboard and was rescued;
August 31, 1886, when tremors were noted at 9:50 p.m. and 10:10 p.m., strong enough to slam doors, rattle the bell machine, and wake the children (yes the light keeper had his family with him out at the light). The tremors were caused by the great Charleston, South Carolina, earthquake, the second largest in U.S. history.
March 1, 1887, when an extremely low tide allowed the keeper to walk completely around the lighthouse;
February 24, 1895, when ice came over the south side of the river, one floe hitting the station and causing it to shake considerably, overturning several chairs.
Shifting shoals and bars brought about several changes to the light. In December of 1899, Drum Point began operating with a "dark sector". This was achieved by adding a segment of glass to the inside of the lantern. By keeping out of this dark sector, mariners could avoid the shoal water off Sandy Point. Other light changes occurred, but the light essentially remained the same until the lighthouse was decommissioned in 1962.
Decided to try the little ZV-1 that I normally use for video as a stills camera. It makes suprisingly nice and flexible RAW files and it is a ton of fun using such a small camera.
PS: Zac Bryan was amazing!
This lighthouse rests on a bluff above the coastline of Whitefish Bay . Now a part of the Hiawatha National Forest, visitors can climb 72 steps spiraling to the top of the tower for a remarkable view. The panorama, needless to say, is impressive, as you can see almost the entire coastline of Whitefish Bay and miles out into Lake Superior, including any freighter that happens to be passing by.