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South Stack Lighthouse was built by Trinity House in 1809, marking a tiny islet off Anglesey at the north west tip of Wales
Built
1809
Height of Tower
28 m
Height of light above Mean High Water
60 m
Automated
1983
Electrified
1938
Optic
1st Order six panel catadioptric rotating
Character
Fl 10s
Intensity
467,000 candela
Range of light
24 NM
Region
West
South Stack Rock lies separated from Holyhead Island by 30 metres of turbulent sea, surging to and fro in continuous motion. The coastline from the breakwater and around the south western shore is made of large granite cliffs rising sheer from the sea to 60 metres.
Origins
South Stack Lighthouse was first envisaged in 1665 when a petition for a patent to erect the lighthouse was presented to Charles II. The patent was not granted and it was not until 9 February 1809 that the first light appeared to mark the rock. The lighthouse was designed by Trinity House surveyor Daniel Alexander and originally fitted with Argand oil lamps and reflectors. Around 1840 a railway was installed by means of which a lantern with a subsidiary light could be lowered down the cliff to sea level when fog obscured the main light.
On 25 October 1859 it is said that the most severe storm of the century occurred, known as the 'Royal Charter' gale; and on that and the following day over 200 vessels were either driven ashore or totally wrecked with the loss of 800 lives.The steamship Royal Charter was among these, sinking within yards of help with the loss of almost 500 passengers and crew.
In the mid 1870s the lantern and lighting apparatus was replaced by a new lantern. In 1909 an early form of incandescent light was installed and in 1927 this was replaced by a more modern form of incandescent mantle burner. The station was electrified in 1938.
Automation
On 12 September 1984 the lighthouse was automated and the keepers withdrawn. The lighthouse is now monitored and controlled from Trinity House’s Planning Centre in Harwich, Essex.
This image of an eastbound Norfolk Southern stack train on the Cleveland Line at Brady Lake, Ohio, was made the day after a snow storm blanketed the area with a few inches of snow.
A stack of cafe chairs out on the footpath, under verandah shade, in Chinatown Adelaide. The chairs are made from a black woven material on a bright chrome structure.
Taken with iPhone 3GS.
The Joy of Love/Love to Hate
We get a lot of catalogs in the mail along with a couple of magazines. My subscription, I don't intend on renewing, and the other was a gimme for another magazine that was discontinued. My husband gets The Economist and reads it cover to cover. Mine sit around the house for months before I finally read them all and am ready to relinquish them to the recycling pile. My husband is usually done with his in a couple of days and off it goes. He can't stand the fact that I won't let him recycle my catalogs and magazines until I'm ready. I often catch him in the act of getting rid of them, only to save them from impending doom. And even though he hates my stacks around the house, he still lets me have them beyond the "Two-Month" Rule.
This is a focus stacking example. Hosta flowers grow from a long stem extension from the base of the main plant. This shot looks down one of those stems, and uses 9 shots in a stack to maintain the depth of field from the highest flowers to the lowest flowers. Not a great shot, but I lacked the time for more than one quick attempt.
Added to Explore at #381.
When VHS first came out, Disney made limited releases of all the Classics. Most were available for only one year and people eagerly awaited the next release. Fast forward 15 years. VHS was obsolete, those eagerly sought tapes were in thrift stores at a dollar apiece. That's when my grandchildren were little!!!! A trip to the thrift store and....Disney Magic for two little ones at Grandpa's house!!!!!
I just love this quilt... it's made from my favourite line of fabrics, Moda 1974, and I got the scraps from Dana of Old Barn Co. I was inspired by a quilt Tula Pink made, and I named it Stacked because my husband thought they look like tall stacks of books :)
Focus52/2012, week 13: stack
Gorgeous and simply perfect mugs from my favourite pottery in Konstanz. Two more pictures on my blog
I found three of these under a piece of bark on the ground, not sure of the species, they are the first Harvestmen I have seen this year.
So I tried a rather over ambitious stack of this chap, over 20 images at f/9, bit of a nightmare, had to spend ages editing in Zerene, I had legs all over the place LOL :)
ID Rilaena triangularis
With a fairly new GE up front, a Long Beach-bound intermodal exits the siding at Harwood on the Sunset Route east of San Antonio.
On a sadder note, there is some automobile debris in the grass here from a fatal collision between Amtrak and a car that ran the gates here a few days before.
Westbound UP Intermodal
UP C45AH #8143​
UP SD70M #4075​
UP C44AC #6424 (SP Patch)
Harwood, TX
July 6th, 2015
CSX No. 5327 is the Western Maryland emblem locomotive, but I didn't know that until this train was passing me. It is leading westbound stack train No. 157 at Perry, Ohio, passing the rear of an eastbound intermodal train.
Abstract photograph of several stacked plates.
What do you see?
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Wouldn't it be nice if you were a giant and could pick up these rocks and spend a morning trying to see how many times it could possibly bounce on the ocean if it was thrown?
Another option would be just to sit and admire the ocean and enjoy the sunshine on these rocks ;)
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The next chapter in my portfolio is an extensive collection of sepia monotone photos taken throughout South Africa, the continuation of taking photographs anywhere and everywhere I find the opportunity to do so....
Take a journey with me.....
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Design by Charles & Ray Eames, 1950
The Eames Plastic Side Chair is the contemporary version of the legendary Fiberglass Chair and apparently the first pastic chair to be manufactured in industrial quantities. This must be one the most ubiquitous designer chairs ever, go to the nearest conference room and you'll probably stumble upon a couple of these. There are about 800 of them inside the Rolex Learning Center, for example... all white, though.
Seen at the Vitra Haus (I believe Eames products are manufactured by Vitra for the European and Asian markets).
I spotted this stack of chairs in a restaurant in Parkhurst, Johannesburg, outside of operating hours, which meant shooting through the window. A different restaurant now occupies the premises. I've been searching for a specific photograph (not this one) and have been encountering all sorts of forgotten shots.