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Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas sorrounded by loved ones and are getting ready to say goodbye to 2011 and go into the New Year. Anybody have any quirky rituals to perform at the stroke of midnight on New Years? Here in Mexico we have many, like eating 12 grapes on the stroke of the hour (for good luck), or running around in circles carrying suitcases (so that you get to travel a lot) or giving toy sheep as a present (to have an abundance of money)… Hope everybody is having a wonderful time and in case I don't get to say it later, Happy New Year!!!
Zabriskie Point trailhead. The Golden Canyon trailhead is at least 2.9 miles away. Longer, I think, if you take Gower Gulch.
The first ship was launched from Point Hope Shipyard in Victoria's Inner Harbour in 1875. The yard has been in service ever since and the most recent owner has been one of the most successful in the history of the yard. He has ambitious plans for a long term future.
Its geographic location in the city is ideal for ship repair, maintenance and building small to mid size vessels or components for larger vessels. It's protected from the rougher waters of the outer harbour or the weather attendant at more distant and more open bays.
The owner confided recently, that without that location, the yard would not likely be viable. They have carved out a niche and intend to stay where they are.
Victoria will always be a city where marine industry is central to the city's economic vitality and, with a history nearly as old as the city itself, likely to be a fixture for decades into the future.
An issue raised again in casual conversation, and one I have heard too many times before, is that the city is overspending to provide a lift bridge for industries with no future or, sometimes from the same sources, do not contribute to the cost of the bridge.
Much of the spurious debate over the bridge, the design and the other issues of process and expense also cost me my job. Critics chipped away at support, even among those who should be easily convinced by the facts and rational arguments. The desire for a cheap and simplistic solution is a powerful attraction in the debate over spending tax dollars.
Ship repair is a profession as old as civilzation and there is no reason to suspect that it will disappear from our shores anytime soon, if it all. Why, in fact, would we want to export the jobs associated with the industry? We owe it to ourselves and our important economic sectors to provide them with the best supports we can offer.
Provided that those appropriate supports are in place (a proper lift structure that provides sufficient vertical and horizontal clearance for the ships coming in and out of the harbour to and from the yard, as well as though serving those few other industries, they will be in business for at least as long as the bridge is designed to serve.
Like so many other projects that our taxpayers don't want to spend on, the issue of thumbing our collective noses at senior government authorities is also just not possible. We're required to keep navigation open, (amongst other responsibilities we have to the province or federal governments). It is not credible to suggest that one small city can dismiss the requirements every other city in the country is obliged to follow, or at least in this case every other city with a waterfront,
The premise too that the shipyard and other marine industries that rely on a lift bridge should pay tolls or contribute directly to the capital costs is also unsupportable by the facts. Wtih about 150 jobs and more than 250 more on the way, plus the enormous spin offs of subcontracting to around 600 other local businesses, the shipyard pays plenty in supporting the robust economy we need to run our city, and that means renewing, or as needs be, replacing our infrastructure. As an industrial taxpayer, the shipyard also adds considerably to the city's revenue stream, so one way and another, they are paying at least their fare share of the costs of the bridge.
It is sometimes hard to confront people with the facts and the more detailed expalnations of how decisions are informed. This too, however, chipped away at some of my votes as various interests concocted more, often fictional critiques of an important project. The bridge will proceed and our ships will continue to come in.
A small sampling of the shps of Point Hope, and more to come, can be found in the set dedicated to illustrating the flotilla of vessels that have come and gone. It may allow you to judge for yourself how vital and vibrant this industry is. Is it something we want to chase away?
More at: www.flickr.com/photos/luton/sets/72157622890679725/
Point of rock jutting west at Lighthouse Beach near Charleston Oregon. You can just make out the lighthouse and cave on the island in the distance.
Found this view from Point Hill which is in Blackheath. I think you get a sense of the multiple building clusters in London.
I met a fellow view hunter who told me about the spot. It's pretty hidden away but you get a great vista.
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Sea beach at Kutubdia Island. Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. © Mustafiz Mamun / Bengal Pix..View more images:.http://bengalpixbd.com/tag/2068/Kutubdia
I took the opportunity between rain storms to make a short visit to Picnic Point Park and grab a few long exposure shots of the Sound.
Sunset at East Point Reserve. No dramatic clouds but dry season is here.
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The Point Wilson Lighthouse, near Port Townsend Washington, marks the entrance to the Puget Sound at Admiralty Inlet.
This lighthouse has been an active aid to maritime navigation since the day its Fourth Order Fresnel lens was first lit in 1914.
The nautical charts show this lighthouse at 51' tall, casting an alternating white / red flash every 5 seconds visible for 15 miles.
I used a KITE to fly the camera.
Point Street Bridge, built by Boston Bridge Works Inc. in 1927.
Providence, RI.
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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
www.maritimenz.govt.nz/Commercial/Shipping-safety/Aids-to...
Point Lobos is a rocky and exceedingly scenic point of land that extends into the Pacific Ocean a little south of Monterey, California. Many of the craggy peaks are forested with Monterey Cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa) that have been sculpted by winds and salt spray. The trees often take on highly contorted shapes, sometimes looking like branched corkscrews.
Original b&w photo from 1974 or 1975.
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.
Picture taken at Point Pinole Regional Park in Northern California. Looks like a Pipevine Swallowtail.
Start Point, Devon
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Point Cabrillo is named after the Spanish explorer Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo, although Cabrillo's voyage of exploration along the California coast did not reach as far north as the point.
Point Cabrillo Lighthouse was established in 1909, displaying a 3rd Order Standard Lens and Air Sirens. It is located about 1.5 miles south of Fort Bragg, California. With the exception of a small barn, all original buildings stand unaltered. In 1935, an air diaphone supertyfone sound signal was installed. The United States Coast Guard manned the station until 1973, when the lens was covered and a modern rotating beacon was mounted on a metal stand on the roof west of the lantern room. In 1991 the light station was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It has been a California State Park since 2002.
Point Abino Lighthouse, built 1917. The light was last turned on in 1993. This lighthouse was built to replace the old Buffalo lightship which was lost at sea in 1913.
had to stand in this one. as the sun was well up and blowing out my sky.
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Point Fermin Lighthouse. Point Fermin Lighthouse was the lighthouse for the Port of Los Angeles from 1874 to 1942. As an aid to navigation, it guided ships around the Point Fermin cliff sand and into San Pedro harbor. It was built in 1874 when Phineas Banning was dredging a navigable channel to Wilmington and developing San Pedro harbor as an ocean port.
Point Fermin Lighthouse is designed in the Stick Style popular at the time and used for several other contemporary lighthouses. (Long before Mission Revival came into being.) With all the Victorian gingerbread it is a very cute structure indeed. The lighthouse was in operation until 1942. It was tended by lighthouse keepers who lived with their families in the lower section of the lighthouse. During World War II, radar gear replaced the light and the building became one of the first radar stations. After the war, the lighthouse was used by the parks department for maintenance of Point Fermin Park. Point Fermin Lighthouse was restored to its original appearance in 2001 and opened to tours in 2003. 805 Paseo del Mar.
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On my holiday to Canada in August 2011, we travelled down to Point Pelee, the southern most tip of Canada.
A 'vanishing point' bridleway inside a corn field deep in the countryside near the village of Great Totham in the County of Essex (UK).
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Photograph taken by and copyright of my regular photostream contributor David and is posted here with very kind permission.