The St. Augustine Lighthouse I by TwoPynts

Photography • Architecture • posted on Sep 20, 2005

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"Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse while all the others were making ships" --Charles Simic

Here's one for you Brian (Tedz) , a grand erection! ;'] 219 steps. That is how far Lisa and I had to climb to get to the top of this lighthouse and take yesterday's photo. It may not sound like that many, but believe me...it took some effort. :) The lighthouse is 165 feet above sea level and a wonderful vantage point from which to view the surrounding countryside. The original lighthouse was built by 1874, but fell in the ocean in 1880 (yikes!). This second one was built 500 yards southwest of the original location and is far inland due to the constantly shifting coastline. There is a great animation of this on the St. Augustine Lighthouse website. It is still an active lighthouse, though now it is fully automated. If you are ever in the area, it is worth a visit. You can read more about the St. Augustine lighthouse HERE. ----- Thanks for stopping by and for your panoramic comments on yesterday's photo, St. Augustine City Panorama.

----- Olympus C8080WZ & PhotoshopCS. (435)

Comments (38)

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Punaguy

11:39PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Hey! I like! Love this perspective...simple, clean and crisp...Nice work! Aloha!

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sharky_

3:12AM | Thu, 22 September 2005

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!........Excellent. Aloha

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sossy

3:16AM | Thu, 22 September 2005

perfect POV for this incredible view to the top of this impressive tower! ;o)

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morin3000

12:24PM | Thu, 22 September 2005

Very beautiful extremely! The angle of the photograph with this light blue sky! Beautiful wrestling!****

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Lledeline

2:23PM | Thu, 22 September 2005

Great POV

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CDBrugg

5:56AM | Fri, 23 September 2005

fallic? (how do you spell that word?)

tvernuccio

1:44AM | Sat, 24 September 2005

Whoa!!! What a stunning and quite unusual capture of this lighthouse!!! i love it! POV is so different than most of the images i've seen of this lighthouse...that's what i enjoy about it! makes it look different! Kemal and i also climbed this and i remember the view was just incredible!!!! What a wonderful capture, Kort!!!

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