Showing posts with label lighthouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighthouse. Show all posts
Tuesday, 27 August 2013
Thursday, 22 August 2013
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Friday, 12 April 2013
The Old Light
The Old Light on Lundy Island
If I owned an old lighthouse and two deckchairs, this is exactly what I would do too.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
Obrestad Fyr
This disused lighthouse is now a museum, with the adjacent buildings housing art exhibitions.Saturday, 17 March 2012
Monday, 23 January 2012
Thursday, 29 September 2011
Sunday, 6 February 2011
Saturday, 6 November 2010
Monday, 13 September 2010
Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Kvitsøy
The modern grey building next to the lighthouse is the Kvitsøy Trafikksentral or Ocean Traffic Centre, opened in 2000. The whole coast of south-west Norway is supervised by radar from this centre, and it also provides the naval pilots for the whole region.Monday, 26 July 2010
Lighthouse #6
The lighthouse on Kvitsøy was built in 1829, and is the oldest in Norway. Before its construction (from about 1700 onwards), locals used the "vippefyr", a replica of which is shown in this second photo. The basket was filled with burning coal and then raised 6m in the air. In the olden days, before modern street lighting, it would have been visible from quite a long way off.Thursday, 10 June 2010
Friday, 5 March 2010
Sunday, 14 February 2010
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Tuesday, 5 January 2010
Saturday, 19 December 2009
Friday, 16 October 2009
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