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The Atlanta Navy and Marine Corps Color Guard, Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve Center Atlanta Air Reserve Base, Marietta Georgia.
Photo: Kevin Lowry, USFWS
Kinnaird Lighthouse is located in Fraserburgh Scotland, I have had it on my places to visit list for a number of years , today 13th November 2018 , I finally ticked that box.
Posting a few of my photos that I captured on the day to archive my visit.
Location - Kinnaird Head Lighthouse - Fraserburgh Scotland - 2018
Year first constructed1787 (first) 1824 (second)
Constructionstone tower (second) fiber glass (current)
Tower shapecylindrical tower with balcony and lantern rising from a castle , cylindrical tower with balcony and lantern
Markings / patternwhite tower, black lantern, ochre trim white tower and lantern.
Tower height22 metres (72 ft)
10 metres (33 ft) (
Focal height25 metres (82 ft)
Intensity690,000 candela
Range22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi)
CharacteristicF. W 5s.
Fog signal - siren: discontinued
Admiralty numberA3332
NGA number2808
ARLHS numberSCO-113 (second)
SCO-112 (current)
Managing agentMuseum of
Kinaird Lighthouse is an active lighthouse located on Kinnaird Head, in Fraserburgh, Scotland.
The current light is the second to be built on the headland, superseding the original which now forms part of the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
History
The original light at Kinnaird Head Lighthouse was established by Thomas Smith on 1 December 1787.
A lantern was set 120 feet (37 m) above the sea on a tower of the old castle
Whale oil lamps produced a fixed light, each backed by a parabolic reflector. Kinnaird Head was the most powerful light of its time, and contained 17 reflectors arranged in 3 horizontal tiers. It was reported to be visible from 12 to 14 miles (10 to 12 nmi; 19 to 23 km).
In 1824, internal alternations were made to construct a new lighthouse tower through the original castle tower. This tower supported a new lantern and reflector array by Robert Stevenson (civil engineer).
In 1851 Robert's son, Alan Stevenson, installed a first order dioptric lens at Kinnaird Head. The lens was standing and gave a fixed character. The site was further improved in 1853 with the site's first purpose built accommodation blocks designed by brothers David and Thomas Stevenson.
David Alan Stevenson further upgraded the site in 1902 by installing a flashing lens apparatus.
The hyperradiant fresnel lens gave one flash every fifteen seconds and was visible for 25-27 miles. The lens was designed by David and his brother Charles Alexander Stevenson, and was made by the Chance Brothers.
Only nine Scottish lights were given hyperradials, Hyskeir and Kinnaird Head being the only stations to retain their hyperradials today. A foghorn was also built and was operational from 1903 giving a 7-second blast every 90 seconds.
In 1906 the light was converted to incandescent operation. In 1929 Kinnaird Head became home to the first radio beacon in Scotland.
The Fog Signal was discontinued in 1987, although the horn is still in place. The original lighthouse is no longer operational and is now home to The Museum of Scottish Lighthouses. A new automatic light was established beside the original light in 1991.
In 2012 the old Kinnaird Head Lighthouse was lit for two anniversary celebrations. First, on 2 June 2012 the light was exhibited in celebration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
This coincided with the lighting of the NLB's Queen's Diamond Jubilee Beacon at Kinnaird Head Lighthouse. Secondly, the light was exhibited on 1 December 2012 in celebration of Kinnaird Head's 225th anniversary. The light was lit at 3.31pm, and extinguished at 8.30am the next morning, marking a full 17-hour shift.
On that occasion Kinnaird Head was the only manned lighthouse in the British Isles, albeit outwith NLB service. Both events were organised by the Museum of Scottish Lighthouses.
"...Is a failure to communicate." Two postings on Mao'er Hutong clearly stating in pictures, "no cars allowed," yet there are cars down the way.
Mao'er Hutong is one of the hutongs connected by Nanluoguxiang.
Beijing’s hutongs are essentially what make up the social fabric of anyone outside of the royal family throughout Chinese history (or, at the very least, the last millennium). The hutongs are more associated with northern China than southern China. The word itself, according to Wikipedia, is of Mongolian origin and means “town.”
As the Forbidden City was the center of Chinese politics, it’s pretty logical that the hutongs nearest the palace were reserved for the upper class, aristocrats, or higher level military personnel. The farther away one was from the palace, the lower the person’s social status.
So what, exactly, is a hutong? It’s essentially an alley (or narrow street, at best) with residential courtyards built side-by-side. Almost all hutongs were built along an east-west axis with the courtyard entrances facing south as this allowed optimal light into the homes. There were north-south lanes (such as Nanluoguxiang) built to connect various hutongs in a neighborhood.
As dynastic rule came to a close in the early 20th century, the hutong culture was drastically affected. With the fall of the dynasty, China politically fell into years of instability. Between 1911 and 1949, China was under various states of rule (I use this term loosely) or occupation by the Japanese. With the decline of a strong, central power, the social fabric of the hutongs began to unravel. As new hutongs were built outside of the old city, they didn’t follow the same rigid structure as the existing hutongs. Additionally, the existing hutongs began to lose their “neatness” and slowly became less and less attractive.
In 1949, with the rise of Communist government in China, there was once again a strong, central force, but with the difference that they tended to look at most things of the past (especially those associated with dynastic China) as “backwards.” Where hutongs once existed, they were slowly torn down and replaced with wide streets and boulevards, or with high rise buildings. This continued for about four decades until, in recent years, the government began to put certain hutong districts under protective status.
As a result, what we find nowadays in Beijing is certain neighborhoods making a comeback, but also cashing in on their “historical” status as hutongs and the result is what I would call “modernization with fake history.” Some hutongs are undergoing an urban renaissance in that they are opening up trendy bars, boutiques, or restaurants to attract visitors. Nanluoguxiang is probably the best example of this.
Nanluoguxiang is a hutong (really, one of the north-south lanes connecting about 16 hutongs) in the Dongcheng district. Its current length is about 800 meters (so, every 100 meters or so, 2 hutongs branch off perpendicularly) that runs from Gulou Dong Jie in the north to Di’anmen Dong Dajie in the south. (Quite soon, a new subway station – Nanluoguxiang station – will be opening at the south entrance that is a transfer station for lines 6 and 8 of the Beijing metro.) Historically, Nanlouguxiang was about twice as long as it used to extend past Gulou Dong Jie in the north up to the old city wall at Andingmen. Nanluoguxiang was originally built during the Yuan Dynasty (1267 A.D.) and received its current name during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Posting some photos from some of my favourite trips abroad. This one is the Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul, South Korea.
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Sorry I've not been posting much everyone - the store is presently taking over my life. I did post something fun over at the blog though!
1. Untitled, 2. Valentine's Cookies 06, 3. tea with bluebirds, 4. another charmed necklace--with a little lucite flower, 5. for johanne's new room, 6. Buttons and Phoebe, 7. all the bats so far, 8. early easter basket, 9. Shell and turquoise earrings, 10. Yummy, 11. dimpled crimson, 12. meringue, 13. Farm theme I-spy Security blanket, 14. Orange and Pink Waves Purse, 15. Today's eggs in shades of blue and green, 16. 003 eyes, 17. Children getting crafty, 18. just be... purses, 19. blue bunny cards, 20. Porque hoje..., 21. ...lembrar..., 22. looking up, 23. Not Sure?, 24. "Don`t Go", 25. purple glass, reversible mosaic tile pendant, 26. Trousse Carotte, 27. Ma machine à coudre, 28. Sewing, 29. bracelet fripé, 30. Jed Green, 31. Matrouschka, 32. easter in the '70s, 33. Saturated, 34. Sacred Vessel, 35. New to me fabric, 36. Scattered in the grass
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Posting the rest of 2013's photos to make room in the camera for 2014's adventures.
These are from a trip we made during School Break last October & November.
On the steps between Anchor Road and College Green, Bristol.
Apparently this and similar signs have appeared across Bristol as part of a marketing campaign for "Kill Your Darlings", a new biographical film staring Daniel Radcliffe as Allen Ginsberg, an American poet.
Then a sucker like me comes along, takes a photo of it and gives them free advertising :P
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Posting this shot (taken 15 minutes earlier), from my deck at almost 10pm....the air is warm after a scorchingly hot day, it is still light - the first evening star is the only one visible in a clear sky - and I am enjoying a glass of chilled pinot gris.
This is an odd posting: Disappointing photos. Today, while waiting for my wife to fetch me from the ophthalmologist, I stopped to gawk at bees busily bouncing about flowers for nectar. Hundreds of them gathered and proved no threat to me as I closed in and captured 20 shots, using iPhone XS.
Grumble. Can the Apple cameras do no better than this and the next two, which are the best of a bad lot? I experimented with standard and Portrait modes—and all the pics look artificial at best, and not sharp enough at worst.
On this first of the trio, composition kind of works because of the similar position of the flying bee in the foreground and the one in the blurred background. That’s the only quality redeeming the photo for me.
Taken on modestly clear skies night of Oct 28th with 6" f/3.1 astrograph on Losmand G11 mount with StarShooter Pro V1 camera from the backyard in St. Charles. Despite being taken with the mount leveled and aligned on the north pole with a compass there was no field rotation.
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