Perched on the central California coast, 50 miles south of San Francisco, the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse is one of the tallest lighthouses in the country and has been guiding mariners since 1872. The five-wick lard oil lamp and first order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, Nov. 15, 1872.…
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February 12
I love lighthouses, we visited this one on a very windy day. I was totally worth the drive. Beautiful beach and views. Standing tall and majestically along the south end of the Key Biscayne shoreline, the Cape Florida lighthouse is a staggering sight. It’s not hard to imagine the towering structure once guiding mariners and fisherman in the…
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Key Biscayne lighthouse
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This is going to be my last post about my trip, most like all are bored of them by now. BUT every now and them there might be a picture from here and there. This is the largest and the best-preserved Portuguese bastion in Goa and was built in 1609-12, to control the entry into…
Read MoreOne Four Challenge – January week 4
I Have enjoyed seeing other people’s entries to this so I thought I would enter with my all 5 photos at one time. The first i the original one. The others are me playing with tones and colors, all can be enlarged by a click Linked to
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Silhouettes from Oregon Coast More at The Daily Post PHOTO CHALLENGE
Read MoreMonochrome Madness (23) – Point Vicente Lighthouse
The top one of these photos is my submission to week 23 to the Monochrome Madness Challenge hosted by Leanne Cole and Laura Macky. This light house is from California, Point Vicente Lighthouse. I did various versions of this, the original photo is at the bottom of the post. More beautiful photos at Monochrone Madness Tuesday August 5th.
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Sunday Stills, the next challenge: The Letter “L” ~ Lighthouse
One more Light house – from Oregon this time Sunday Stills, the next challenge: The Letter “L”
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More at: A Photo a Week Challenge: From Color to B&W
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Black and White Weekly Photo Challenge : Upward
Looking up at a lighthouse and up in the lighthouse Oregon. Linked to : Black and White Weekly Photo Challenge : Upward
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Lighthouse in Oregon
Tina’s PicStory: *zäune – fences*
*zäune – fences* These fences are from Cyprus
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