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South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey.
South Stack is set in a spectacular location to the north-west of Holyhead. The lighthouse acts as a waymark for coastal traffic and a landmark and orientation light for vessels crossing the Irish Sea to and from the ports of Holyhead and Dun Laoghaire.
History of the lighthouse
In 1645 when lighthouses were privately owned, King Charles II was petitioned for a patent to build a lighthouse on South Stack. The request was refused. However, 143 years after the original petition, Trinity House leased South Stack island and construction of the lighthouse commenced. On 9 February 1809, the station's oil lamps, designed by Daniel Alexander at a cost of £12,000, were first lit. In 1828 an iron suspension bridge was built to replace the rope catwalk that originally linked the lighthouse to the bottom of the 400 steps down the cliff face.
This was one of the many changes that have taken place at South Stack since 1809. The lights regularly became more efficient and in 1938 electric power replaced the oil that powered the lamps. In 1964 the iron bridge was taken down and a new one of aluminium was put up in its place.
The lighthouse was automated in 1984, and the keepers withdrawn. Today, the lighthouse is monitored and controlled by computer link from Trinity House Operations Centre in Harwich, Essex.
After chasing the Medford job, I had a little time to hang out on the main line north of Spencer. Within a short amount of time, this southbound stack train came roaring through.
Picnic tables stacked and stored at Lake Sammamish State Park, Issaquah WA. Canon SureShot Telemax point-n-shoot camera. Kodak Ultramax 800 film (expired).
Our house seems to function (or dis-function) in stacks of stuff right now. The funny thing is that if it gets moved, there is a great chance that it will be harder to find....hmmm. Also, kind of an eclectic pile of stuff.
Sweet little bunnies all stacked up... this necklace was another special order for a customer. What could be cuter!? :-)
2nd birthday cake. His favorite is to say the "Boom Boom Pow" line from the Black Eyed Peas. His head is superimposed on one of the members on the CD cover. vanilla cake, vanilla buttercream, chocolate buttercream, fondant, gumpaste, edible images.
Gregory Tinkler, freshman studying exercise science
Where do Jayhawks go when they need to focus? Gregory Tinkler goes to Watson Library.
This time Tinkler decided the try the stacks because he’d heard it was quiet, solitary place to study. He captured this photo when he noticed the colorful symmetry of shelves full of books.
These wonderful looking street lamps are in the parking lot of the JellyBellyCandyCompany Fairfield ca.
First attempt at free motion stippling. Hmmm, Lots of huge stitches. Lots of little bitty ones. Lots of weird shapes. And my quilt isn't square or straight. Oh well, I learned a lot. Picnic size? Completed April 2011. Complete with wrinkled from folding.
Une présentation des modules Stacked Muuto
La collection Stacked Muuto : www.ideesboutique.com/fr/s/702/muuto-stacked
La marque Muuto : www.ideesboutique.com/36_Muuto
La collection de Jds : www.ideesboutique.com/fr/s/701/designer/jds
Half nature, half ruins... who needs the rule of thirds, anyway?
The "mouth" of an old stack, at or near the Adventure Mine (yes, that was its real name!) last fall. This was the opening which would have led into the adjacent boiler building.
Still catching up on some old photos...
Edit, many years later: Actually, this was for the Mass mine, not Adventure. Whoops! They are neighbors...
Cliffs and Ruins blog • David Clark Photography store
My attempt at (faked, because whos got all night to do this stuff for real!?) star stacking, from one original 10 minute exposure, stars were copied and rotated along there original path to simulate a longer exposure/multiple stacked long exposures
Feeling tonnes better today.... I think the change in weather has helped. Mister sunshine had his hat on. Was lovely to walk home from the Metro with no jacket on.
Decisions, decisions...... sometimes you struggle to get one photo you like then other days you can't choose. This was one of those days. ODC's challenge was Stack/Pile, surprisingly I opted for Lego, AGAIN. However, I did have a couple of other photos that I liked one of some playing cards stacked up in a pyramid, and the other a tower of apples.
Stacker is a super fun and challenging prize game. To play, you must "stack" the light blocks. To win the grand prize you have to stack the blocks all the way to the top. Come to Funspot today and see if you can win!
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Here is what I am thinking of using for the Chasing chevrons QAL (eventually). What do yo think? What to add/remove?
May also use this stack for the tangerine tango...tangerine and blue, with grey as my neutral. This will be fun!
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A little light reading.
(Boston Public Library, Copley Square, Boston, MA)
E510, ISO400, 12mm/f2.8, 1/8
Dave nails the DPUs on the heavy westbound SLPKSCO1-13K over the Pecos River Bridge in Ft. Sumner, NM. The stack train was a monster at 10,000 tons and 10,250 feet long running in a 3x2 configuration. In the background, the new bridge can be seen going up to the west of the existing bridge.
An eastbound grain train arrives in downtown Jefferson while a westbound stack train slowly rolls by waiting for it to clear river jct.
South Stack Lighthouse
The South Stack Lighthouse has warned passing ships of the treacherous rocks below since its completion in 1809. The 28 m (91 ft) lighthouse was designed by Daniel Alexander and the main light is visible to passing vessels for 28 miles, and was designed to allow safe passage for ships on the treacherous Dublin - Holyhead - Liverpool sea route. It provides the first beacon along the northern coast of Anglesey for east-bound ships. It is followed by lighthouses, fog horns and other markers at North Stack, Holyhead breakwater, The Skerries, the Mice and at the north-east tip of the island Trwyn-Du. The lighthouse is operated remotely by Trinity House.It has been visited by the team at Most Haunted.
Visitors can climb to the top of the lighthouse and tour the engine room and exhibition area. The lighthouse is open seasonally.
Access
Until 1828 when an iron suspension bridge was built, the only means of crossing the deep water channel on to the island was in a basket which was suspended on a hemp cable. The suspension bridge was replaced in 1964, but by 1983 the bridge had to be closed to the public, due to safety reasons. A new aluminium bridge was built and the lighthouse was reopened for public visits in 1997. Thousands of people flock to the lighthouse every year, thanks to the continued public transport service from Holyhead's town centre.
There are over 400 stone steps down to the footbridge (and not, as local legend suggests, 365), and the descent and ascent provide an opportunity to see some of the 4,000 nesting birds that line the cliffs during the breeding season. The cliffs are part of the RSPB South Stack Cliffs bird reserve, based at Ellin's Tower.
The Anglesey Coastal Path passes South Stack. The Cybi Circular Walk includes South Stack. The short walk is 4 miles long and takes around 2 hours to complete. Travelling from the Breakwater Country Park, other sites along the way are the North Stack Fog Signal station, Caer y Tŵr, Holyhead Mountain and Tŷ Mawr Hut Circles.