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The Point Arena Lighthouse stands tall and proud on the Northern California Mendocino Coast.
There has been a lighthouse here since 1870. This particular lighthouse was built in 1908, replacing the original tower which had been damaged beyond repair in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906.
This new reinforced concrete lighthouse was built by a construction company specializing in industrial smokestacks, which is why it looks like one.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
Circa 2004
One gorgeous Sunday, while living in San Franciso, my wife and I wanted to do some kayaking. Searched around and found a place that didn't seem to far away. About 2 1/5 hours later, we came to the place and were just too tired out from driving to kayak.
Instead, we explored around alittle. First we hit the Hog Island Oyster Farm and then came to Point Reyes Station. I had never been to a lighthouse where I had to climb down but this was pretty cool. Hope to get back some day..
Our last nearly decent day for a while (per the forecast!) so I visited this coastal headland as much in hope as to continue my education/experimentation with the new camera.
To assist navigation around the point into Racine Harbor (Wisconsin), the Wind Point Lighthouse began functioning in 1880 with a kerosene lamp, focused and magnified by a third order Fresnel lens. Its light could be seen for 19 miles. At 108 feet, it is one of the tallest and oldest lighthouses still serving navigation on the Great Lakes. It fog horns, which last sounded in 1964, could be heard for 10 miles. In recognition of the key role this lighthouse has played in the maritime history of Racine County, it was placed on the national Register of Historic Places in 1984. In 1997, the National Park Service awarded ownerhsip of the proeprty to the village of Wind Point. The Coast Guard still maintains the light as a public navigation aid.
We travelled with Cruise Whitsundays from Hamilton Island, via Daydream Island to Abell Point. The impressive marina has at least doubled in size since the last time we visited.
An outline history of the marina is in the first comment. The first settler and land owner of the area now known as Airlie Beach was Thomas Abell, from Herefordshire in England.
With direct access to the Whitsundays 74 Islands and Great Barrier Reef, Abell Point Marina is located in Airlie Beach, North Queensland, 30 minutes from Proserpine Airport or a ferry transfer from Hamilton Island Airport. Protected by its uniquely designed iconic breakwater, Abell Point Marina is the largest marina of its type in Australia, giving it the well earned reputation as the tourism, transport and recreation hub of the Whitsundays region.
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Whitsundays July 2014
Location: latitude 46°40' south, longitude 168°51' east
Elevation: 21 metres above sea level
Construction: wooden tower
Tower height: 13 metres
Light configuration: flashing LED beacon
Light flash character: white light flashing 5 times every 20 seconds
Power source: batteries charged via solar panels
Range: 9 nautical miles (16 kilometres)
Date light first lit: 1884
Automated: 1975
Demanned: 1975
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At Point Loma in San Diego, CA, there's a historical lighthouse that's been there since the 1800s. You can climb the winding stairs all the way to the top to get this glimpse of the light (and it looks exactly like this when you look up). But you can't actually go past the barrier, just peer in.
Explanatory panel, near the Ocean Institute, explaining the two principal rock units exposed at the Dana Point Headlands: the Miocene San Onofre Breccia and the younger Capistrano Formation.
We were ok until this point but soon after it got ugly. I told John that Mario wouldn't appreciate being hugged, however, John's normally good senses went out the window in the presence of Indy greatness. John's arms suddenly went around the four time Indy Title winner, and shortly after the screams and scuffling, security took the Indy Casanova to the ground. At the end of the day, John still had a big smile on his face and the autograph in hand. Well...at least that's how my recollection goes!
The Point Arena Lighthouse stands tall and proud on the Northern California Mendocino coast.
At 115' in height, the Point Arena Lighthouse is the tallest lighthouse on the West Coast, tied with Pigeon Point.
This lighthouse was built in 1908 to replace the original 1870 Point Arena Lighthouse after it was damaged beyond repair in the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906. It was built by a company specializing in reinforced concrete smokestacks, which is why it looks like one.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
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.
Mount Baker
Artist Point is located in northwest Washington State, at the end of the Mount Baker Scenic Highway. At an elevation of 5,000 feet, Artist Point is an area of exceptional beauty.
Fort Point, San Francisco. Typical "summer" day in San Francisco: High fog making dull, featureless gray sky and cold wind. Yep. Bring a sweater in summer in SF :)
Point Vincent Lighthouse at sunset. Copyrighted to Karl Le Photography
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Point Wild, Elephant Island 2015.
It was here that Frank Wild, the forgotten hero of Shackleton’s 1915 expedition, survived in charge of 21 men on a diet of seal, penguin and seaweed. After his heroic exploit Shackleton returned to rescue the men over 120 days later.
We attempted a landing but it was too windy.