Light houses

[donna52522]

This may have been done before, but not since I can recall. Share your favorite (or favourite, for those who don't speak English) light house picture here, but please keep it on the downlow, as we all know, Mr. Stevens is not a big light house fan.

[Tchocky]

No lighthouse thread can be complete without La Jument!

http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ZQSTHctycGI/VGYV_5xkXLI/AAAAAAAA86k/zF1-Df59rCo/la-jument-7%25255B6%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800

[Oberon]

That's a great picture Tchocky, my favourite in fact, I recall a large print of that picture was on the wall at my old GPs, I remember looking at amazement at the size of the wave. A reminder that compared to mother nature, we're but fleas on a very big dog. What's the prayer... "Oh lord, your sea is vast and my ship so small." :yep:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Nice one Tchocky! Here's a couple of mine.

Sanibel Island Lighthouse
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/zacharybaty/029_zpsymjplt3w.jpg
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/zacharybaty/020_zpsfdhugfrk.jpg

[Aktungbby]

Kalaupapa Lighthouse http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/photos/US-West/MolokaiHI.jpgMoloka'i Hawaii http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Pigeon_Point_Lighthouse.jpg/640px-Pigeon_Point_Lighthouse.jpg<Pidgeon Point Lighthouse on the San Mateo coast S. of San Francisco ...My favorite photo op...seen on the job>http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0a/Pigeon_Point_Light_house.jpg

[Rockstar]

Split Rock Lighthouse up on the North Shore of Lake Gichi Gami. Our family used to visit it quite often.

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2010/11/12/20101112_split-rock_33.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Souter Lighthouse approximately three miles up the coast from me.

http://i.imgur.com/spdNTkU.jpg

[Von Tonner]

Here is not my "favourite" (apologies to donna52522) but two close to each other of importance - as if any lighthouse is not, but still. Agulhas lighthouse is approx an hours drive from my abode, and Danger Point is right across the bay I overlook. It was built in response to the Birkenhead tragedy.

It was this sinking that gave rise to the protocal when abandoning ship "woman and children first" as the soldiers on board stood back to allow the woman and children to use the very few life boats the ship had. Out of 643 passengers only 193 survived.

The Cape Agulhas lighthouse is on the Southernmost tip of Africa and was built in 1848 on the classic Egyptian Pharo's style. It is here that the Indian and Atlantic oceans meet.

Again in response to many ships meeting their demise. To quote a farmer who agitated for the building of the lighthouse in 1840: " ‘I have been painfully called upon to witness ship after ship cast away, valuable cargoes strewed along the beach, and hundreds of human beings at a time washed dead upon the shore.’

To which a sea Captain remarked in 1949: ‘No words are adequate enough to express that feeling of relief at seeing the welcome flash of such an important focal point as Agulhas. Remember, it is not the sea which the sailor fears – it is the land.’

AGULHAS
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/jat9/cape%20aghulas_zpsvvy05ivc.jpg (http://s44.photobucket.com/user/jat9/media/cape%20aghulas_zpsvvy05ivc.jpg.html)

DANGER POINT
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/jat9/Danger%20point_zpsoo4nhntc.jpg (http://s44.photobucket.com/user/jat9/media/Danger%20point_zpsoo4nhntc.jpg.html)

HMS BIRKENHEAD
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f26/jat9/birkenhead_zps98enolkh.jpg (http://s44.photobucket.com/user/jat9/media/birkenhead_zps98enolkh.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

Split Rock Lighthouse up on the North Shore of Lake Gichi Gami. Our family used to visit it quite often.

http://images.publicradio.org/content/2010/11/12/20101112_split-rock_33.jpg
As made famous:up:: The Song of Hiawatha 1855



'By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited...':arrgh!:
I canoed past there in the 70' enroute to Grand Isle;http://www.lighthousefriends.com/ls1.jpg<This one just down the road: the North Pier Lighthouse at Duluth Harbor marks the entrance to the Duluth Harbor Canal, an utterly treacherous passage-15-20 foot waves. During one of Superior's infamous storms in 1967; Boatswain’s Mate First Class Edgar Culbertson, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Richard R. Callahan, and Fireman Ronald C. Prei from the local Coast Guard base braved the storm and ventured out on the pier to rescue the two boys reportedly stranded at the pierhead light. The men tethered themselves together, with a spacing of twenty-five feet, and by the light of hand lanterns, proceeded to the end of the pier.
After finding no trace of the boys at the lighthouse, the coastguardsmen headed back. While making their way along the pier, a twenty-foot wave swept Culbertson off his feet and carried him over the breakwater wall and into the turbulent Lake Superior waters. Despite a valiant effort by his crewmates, Culbertson perished. Culbertson was posthumously awarded the Coast Guard Medal, and a plaque on the north pier commemorates his sacrifice.

[Fubar2Niner]

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4e64/5d7c2cgc955tctbzg.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/4e64/5d7c2cgc955tctbzg.jpg)

Mrs Fube taking in the sea air:

http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/05f0/dzyb3ocv913ukg4zg.jpg

http://www.mediafire.com/view/dzyb3ocv913ukg4/012.JPG

[Wolferz]

Need some bigger pictures.

The ones above blew the side frames off my monitor.
:03::O::haha:

[Rhodes]

Our Lighthouse, of my home town:
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7593/16688593019_a7ce1a71b7_z.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/rqHphp)Farol do Cabo Mondego! (https://flic.kr/p/rqHphp) by rhodes pinto (https://www.flickr.com/people/16416646@N05/), on Flickr

And another one from near by!

https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3724/10292716646_c4edf58fed_c.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/gFwS4Q)Lighthouse (https://flic.kr/p/gFwS4Q) by rhodes pinto (https://www.flickr.com/people/16416646@N05/), on Flickr

[nikimcbee]

http://www.beachconnection.net/news/flor_heceta_light2.jpg

Haceta Head LH.

[Gargamel]

These two are a few minutes from my house on Lake Erie.

http://media.cleveland.com/metro/photo/fairport-kayakerjpg-4a17f0ec940e1845.jpg


http://www.fairportharborwestlighthouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/lighthouse.jpeg

http://davidbernstein.net/current-projects/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Fairport-Harbor-Light-House-2.jpg

[Fubar2Niner]

Need some bigger pictures.

The ones above blew the side frames off my monitor.
:03::O::haha:

Yup sorry on that photobucket won't play nice :nope:

[HW3]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v64/davestev47/800px-Cape_Meares_lighthouse_zpss804hj4d.jpg (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/davestev47/media/800px-Cape_Meares_lighthouse_zpss804hj4d.jpg.html)

Cape Meares lighthouse Oregon.

[Rockstar]

As made famous:up:: The Song of Hiawatha 1855



'By the shore of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Sea-Water,
At the doorway of his wigwam,
In the pleasant Summer morning,
Hiawatha stood and waited...':arrgh!:
I canoed past there in the 70' enroute to Grand Isle;http://www.lighthousefriends.com/ls1.jpg<This one just down the road: the North Pier Lighthouse at Duluth Harbor marks the entrance to the Duluth Harbor Canal, an utterly treacherous passage-15-20 foot waves. During one of Superior's infamous storms in 1967; Boatswain’s Mate First Class Edgar Culbertson, Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Richard R. Callahan, and Fireman Ronald C. Prei from the local Coast Guard base braved the storm and ventured out on the pier to rescue the two boys reportedly stranded at the pierhead light. The men tethered themselves together, with a spacing of twenty-five feet, and by the light of hand lanterns, proceeded to the end of the pier.
After finding no trace of the boys at the lighthouse, the coastguardsmen headed back. While making their way along the pier, a twenty-foot wave swept Culbertson off his feet and carried him over the breakwater wall and into the turbulent Lake Superior waters. Despite a valiant effort by his crewmates, Culbertson perished. Culbertson was posthumously awarded the Coast Guard Medal, and a plaque on the north pier commemorates his sacrifice.

Though he wasn't trying to rescue anyone. The Same thing happened on the same pier to my grandfather captain Sem in '43. Nobody ever saw him again.

[Tchocky]

Up until the sacrificial drownings and eye-widening images this was a very peaceful thread.

Quite relaxing to read.

Huh.

[u crank]

West Point Lighthouse, one of the 29 lighthouses on Prince Edward Island. Bit of a tourist attraction, it has a restaurant, craft shop, rooms to rent and a small museum. You can climb up the very steep stairs and go out on the top to get a great view. That is the Northumberland Strait to the left.

http://i1349.photobucket.com/albums/p759/marcelanthonypineau/weat%20point_zpsquifoz46.jpg (http://s1349.photobucket.com/user/marcelanthonypineau/media/weat%20point_zpsquifoz46.jpg.html)

[Jimbuna]

About six mile up the coast from me, St. Mary's Lighthouse, reached between the tides via a short causeway.

http://i.imgur.com/5i0wUsl.jpg

[Onkel Neal]

This may have been done before, but not since I can recall. Share your favorite (or favourite, for those who don't speak English) light house picture here, but please keep it on the downlow, as we all know, Mr. Stevens is not a big light house fan.



haha, you pegged me. :up:

There's something about the solitude a lighthouse represents... yeah, I think they're cool. :cool: That would have been my ideal job--a remote lighthouse, a lot of books, and a PC that can run Fast Attack. And a lot of stores in the pantry. That would be heaven.

[Torplexed]

Grays Harbor Lighthouse, Point Chehalis Washington. Thanks to the accumulation of sediment on the harbor jetty system it's now 3,000 feet back from high tide from the original 400 when built in 1897.

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/15581548.jpg

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POINT ARENA LIGHTHOUSE 130 miles N. of San Francisco and a tough one to get to on the coast HWY 1http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Pointarena.png/640px-Pointarena.pngAnd one I steer by when sailing(motoring actually) back late to the Marina at Vallejo: ALCATRAZ ISLAND LIGHT right in the middle of the San Francisco Bay: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Alcatraz_lighthouse_in_2007.JPG/640px-Alcatraz_lighthouse_in_2007.JPG just a perspective shot (not me) http://www.lighthousefriends.com/alcatraz1.jpg FORT POINT LIGHT at the entrance to San Francisco Bay is currently inactive but what a shot of the Golden Gate from inside old Fort Point!! http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Fort_Point_Light%2C_U.S._Highway_101%2C_San_Franci sco_%28San_Francisco_County%2C_California%29.jpg

[Gargamel]

So, last night I was laying in bed with my girl, and there was a painting of a lighthouse on a wall, and I asked her why she thought people liked lighthouse pictures and paintings.

Basically, her response was that they offer a beacon of safety and surety in a chaotic world, that no matter how bad it gets, there is a ray of hop reaching out to us, leading us to safety. So the paintings offer a feeling of safety and tranquility we might not otherwise get.

[d@rk51d3]

haha, you pegged me. :up:

There's something about the solitude a lighthouse represents... yeah, I think they're cool. :cool: That would have been my ideal job--a remote lighthouse, a lot of books, and a PC that can run Fast Attack. And a lot of stores in the pantry. That would be heaven.
Solitude and a ripper storm. Aww yeah. :)

[Rockstar]

http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/57/64/e7/5764e7b9968962ef0b3990ecdb987921.jpg


When I enlisted I think there was just one lightship still on station. But plenty of former keepers still in the ranks with some good sea stories.

[Rhodes]

About six mile up the coast from me, St. Mary's Lighthouse, reached between the tides via a short causeway.


Love the grain in the photo! Did you take it?

[Jimbuna]

Love the grain in the photo! Did you take it?

Afraid not.

[Aktungbby]

Rock of Ages Light-now automated-off Isle Royale, Michigan on Lake Superiorhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Rock_of_Ages_Light.jpg/1024px-Rock_of_Ages_Light.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/bQoz0bV.jpg

St Catherines, a medieval lighthouse on the Isle of Wight, UK

[donna52522]

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/donna577/spiral%20lighthouse_zpshqpamld9.jpg (http://s1084.photobucket.com/user/donna577/media/spiral%20lighthouse_zpshqpamld9.jpg.html)

[August]

Block Island (Rhode Island) Lighthouse
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Lighthouse_on_Block_Island,_RI_02.jpg

Nubble Lighthouse York Beach Maine
http://captainkimo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Nubble-Lighthouse-at-Cape-Neddick-York-Beach-Maine.jpg

Deer Island Light in Boston Harbor
http://www.lighthousefriends.com/deerislandcaisson_cg.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

The brilliant spooky lighthouse episode; at least listen to Private Fraser's hair-raising story @ 7:50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8YZ3GKwHdo

[donna52522]

Nubble Lighthouse York Beach Maine


Same as my very first post, but without the Christmas decorations :yeah:

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BISHOP ROCK-Scilly Isles http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bishop_Rock_Lighthouse_-_Isles_of_Scilly.jpgOn auto since '91http://cdn.trinityhouse.co.uk/images/cat_images/2765/bfb906ae2d6fb39b116b31b7d8db9310.jpg?width=630&quality=85:k_confused:what a punishment post to be sent to IMHO; the last keepers left in 1992! the very definition of 'forlorn hope'!

[Jimbuna]

http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j408/donna577/spiral%20lighthouse_zpshqpamld9.jpg (http://s1084.photobucket.com/user/donna577/media/spiral%20lighthouse_zpshqpamld9.jpg.html)

That is the coolest design yet IMHO :sunny:

[Jimbuna]

SOKCHO LIGHT HOUSE, SOUTH KOREA
http://i.imgur.com/Y5tm81s.jpg

[Aktungbby]

SOKCHO LIGHT HOUSE, SOUTH KOREA
http://i.imgur.com/Y5tm81s.jpg
We know where that idea came from!:D
http://www.toyhalloffame.org/sites/www.toyhalloffame.org/files/toys/montage/slinky.pnghttp://thumbs.dreamstime.com/x/slinky-spring-toy-11607434.jpg (http://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/slinky-spring-toy-11607434.jpg)

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Kaust Breakwater Beacon-Saudi Arabia: Built and designed by Australia's UAP. The design, from many engineers, was had in 24 hours! http://images.designntrend.com/data/images/full/8817/image.jpg?w=780People can actually play in and enjoy the cool Atmosphere this honeycomb design enhances:http://images.designntrend.com/data/images/full/8819/image.jpg?w=780

[August]

Same as my very first post, but without the Christmas decorations :yeah:

One of my favorite lighthouses and I didn't even notice! :oops:

[Eichhörnchen]

http://ts2.mm.bing.net/th?id=JN.qlc3h9ptf9W7lO9Vq1AsPQ&pid=15.1&P=0 Built in 1790, it's the oldest operational lighthouse in East Anglia.

[Aktungbby]

^ a baby!:D This one stood and operated for 1500 years;:hmph: withstood a 365 AD massive tsunami and was high tech....before there was high tech.:up: Resolving the political image issues(size=power) of a great Ptolemic culture, a famed tourist attraction of antiquity and guiding vessels to safe haven: The Pharos of Alexandria. The only Wonder of the Ancient World with a practical application....:hmmm: http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos_lighthouse_big.jpg At 450-600 feet (accounts vary) with a huge bronze reflecting mirror visible to at least 27 miles at sea. The designer's inscription: "SOSTRATUS SON OF DEXIPHANES OF KNIDOS ON BEHALF OF ALL MARINERS TO THE SAVIOR GODS"- set the standard for all lighthouses since; And never bettered!:rock: http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos.htm (http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos.htm) http://www.unmuseum.org/pharos_lighthouse_coin.jpg

[Jimbuna]

A DINKY LIGHTHOUSE IN REYKJAVIK BAY, ICELAND.

http://i.imgur.com/pRz53Mp.jpg