Oct28
Saturday’s Photo Scavenger Hunt – “Safe”
Perched on a cliff on the central California coast fifty miles south of San Francisco, is the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse. The lighthouse is one of the tallest in America, has been guiding mariners since 1872. Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 8,000 pounds. It sits in a lantern room that had been constructed at the Lighthouse Service’s general depot in New York before being shipped around the Horn. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using a 24 inch Aero Beacon.
That is such a lovely photo!! Really nice.. and a great shot for the theme today!
Oh, wonderful idea! Great representation of safe. Thanks for the comment!