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Created for the Make It Interesting challenge #4 - Urn.
Starter image from Prairiekittin. Thank you.
Thanks to SkeletalMess for the beautiful texture.
Temaristock Tender moments, mine.
Lightbulb background, from my private stock.
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Stealing the last sunlight as it slip over the curve of the earth at the Cape Hatteras Light
"Cape Hatteras Light is a lighthouse located on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks in the town of Buxton, North Carolina and is part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The lighthouse's semi-unique pattern makes it easy to recognize and famous. It is often ranked high on lists of most beautiful, and famous lighthouses in the US.
The Outer Banks are a group of barrier islands on the North Carolina coast that separate the Atlantic Ocean from the coastal sounds and inlets. Atlantic currents in this area made for excellent travel for ships, except in the area of Diamond Shoals, just offshore at Cape Hatteras. Nearby, the warm Gulf Stream ocean current collides with the colder Labrador Current, creating ideal conditions for powerful ocean storms and sea swells. The large number of ships that ran aground because of these shifting sandbars gave this area the nickname "Graveyard of the Atlantic." It also led the U.S. Congress to authorize the construction of the Cape Hatteras Light. Its 198-foot height makes it the tallest brick lighthouse structure in the United States and 2nd in the world. Since its base is almost at sea level, it is only the 15th highest light in the United States, the first 14 being built on higher ground.
On July 10, 1794, after Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton requested that they make a lighthouse on this location after his ship almost crashed and sunk on its to way [back to the United States] giving it the nickname "Hamilton's light." Congress appropriated $44,000 "for erecting a lighthouse on the headland of Cape Hatteras and a lighted beacon on Shell Castle Island, in the harbor of Ocracoke in the State of North Carolina." The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was constructed in 1802.
The Cape Hatteras light marked very dangerous shoals that extend from the cape for a distance of 10 nautical miles (19 km). The original tower was built of dark sandstone and retained its natural color. The original light consisted of 18 lamps; with 14-inch (360 mm) reflectors, and was 112 feet (34 m) above sea level. It was visible in clear weather for a distance of 18 miles (29 km)." (Wikipedia)
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The leaves are turning and allowing the autumnal light through the trees onto Alder Carr Lane, Rosedale Abbey.
A thoroughly enjoyable afternoon meeting up with fellow Flickr friends and shooting the iconic mines at Botallack.
Captured as the mines catch the end of day light. I extended shutter time to gain some movement in the clouds. Apologies for any hot pixels left behind...
Thanks very much for viewing :)
Some beautiful morning light on Le Cinque Torri loop trail in the Dolomites.
Canon A1 with Canon FD f1.2/55mm. Fuji Acros 100 in Rodinal (Fomadon R09) 1+50 for 13.5min. 20C.
More from the Guggenheim
Another twist of light, another twist of life. I'm once again (probably for the last time) moving away from putting numbers in little boxes and moving back into what light's up my life - drawing, poetry, photography, and other strange configurations of found objects.