Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I esp. Like this one, Richard: http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5508&sort=1&size=me dium&cat=3109 Thanks for showing, Philippe Orlent > From: Richard <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org> > Date: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 17:22:41 -0700 > To: <lug@leica-users.org> > Subject: [Leica] Point Reyes Light House > > Our kids' teacher takes a trip to Pt. Reyes every year. Since both of our > kids have him as a teacher and the class is a combined 4th/5th class, we > ended up visiting the Light House 4 times in the last 7 years. This year we > made a last visit with the class. These are a few pictures from 2003 and > this year: > > Several interesting notes about the Pt. Reyes Lighthouse: > - there are 302+ steps leading from the top to the lighthouse. It's a > fairly steep vertical drop. > - I believe the fresnel lens is the largest one in use at the point in the > continental USA. It uses a drop weight and a gear system to rotate the > whole assembly. > > 2003: they were doing some retrofitting and the railings needed > reinforcing: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=916 > > 2003: it's a long way down. During the early days, the supplies to the > light house crew in fact came in from the ocean side. It can be an awfully > lonely and demanding job: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=917 > > 2003: part of the elaborate gear system: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=923 > > 2003: it's exhausting even to kids... > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=927 > > 2003: from the bottom, it's a long way up too: > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=928 > > 2005: nothing changed much, except they painted the lighthouse in black and > white... > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=928 > Oh wait, it's because I was using B&W film :-) > > 2005: the Fresnel lens. Originally it used oil lamp, then replaced by > electric light. > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5508 > > 2005: (PAW week 42?) the house about to fall off the ocean houses the horn > on the top. Yes, I know the horizon is tilted. > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=5509 > > The photo album. Light houses are now an endangered specie, being replaced > by GPS system. > http://www.dragonsgate.net/photopost/showgallery.php?cat=3109 > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >