Mukilteo Light by auntietk
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This is the water-side view of the Mukilteo Lighthouse. I was standing on the upper deck of the ferry, which accounts for the point of view.
It's one of those totally ordinary things I see all the time and never think to take a picture of!
The Mukilteo Lighthouse was built in 1906, and there are 36 steps to the top. The higher the light, the farther away it can be seen. If memory serves, the Mukilteo light can be seen from a distance of twelve miles, but in an area like Puget Sound, that's plenty!
For those of you who are in love with lighthouses, you can learn more about the Mukilteo Lighthouse HERE
The lighthouse runs a fourth order Fresnel lens, and there's another fourth order in the museum (the only Fresnels I've ever seen in person). As a light and glass junkie, I think a Fresnel lens is about the most beautiful thing in the world.
Comments (41)
lizzibell
Beautiful capture...
elfin14doaks
I love lighthouses, and this one is beautiful. Thank you for the link I also book marked the page. It has a lot of interesting information. Gorgeous shot!!!!!!!!!!
MrsRatbag
Great POV for this lovely lighthouse; excellent capture!
cmolsen2002
How lovely! Now I can picture something when I hear the word Mukilteo on PBS all the time! A great image!
vaggabondd
Everything about a light house is passionate and romantic. I think they stir the sea going side of people even if the are land lovers like me. beautiful capture
beachzz
I've been on this ferry a few times now and I do NOT remember ever seeing this. It's gorgeous and you caught it beautifully. There's an old lighthouse at the Ferndale Fairgrounds and I think it's got some history as well, guess I better look into it in case there's yet another Fresnel to be captured for you!!
goodoleboy
So pristine! Stellar foreground clarity, lighting and textures contrasted against the distant mist of the background.
timtripp
well seen
danapommet
Stunning lighthouse capture. Nice POV. Dana
babuci
Wonderful reading tha for the link. This is an excelent pov and truly a great picture. Is just something about lighthouses what so captivating.
hardwaretoad
Lovely image, makes me homesick having grown up on the Kitsap Peninsula. Yeppers, a transplanted "West Sounder" I am, having grown up in Bremerton.
Faemike55
Very beautiful shot! I love lighthouses and actually have dreamed of owning one! Great POV! Thanks for the link
costapanos
Beautifully capture! This is postcard perfect. What I love about this picture is the wake in the background. You can follow it and in the middle left you see the can just catch the tail end of a ferry or boat!
Meisiekind
Just perfect Dierbaar! The POV is amazing and the lighting spot on! Great postcard image my friend! :)
anahata.c
a beautiful balanced vision, the planes are so clear, the light is so clear, the rooftop and railing-top (under the light) are so simply aligned with the water—it's got a bevy of wonderful photography music. And the light pierces into that diffuse pure sky. So much about this I love. And the shadows at bottom open up into the luscious whites of that house. Beautiful lens-music (camera lens) while it captures another kind of lens-music: I know nothing of Fresnel, but now I want to learn. (You mentioned it in Marilyn's gallery too, and all I could come up with was Fresnel, California.) (Fresno??? Come on, it's not that bad!) Beautiful piece, I'm sold; and I'll be there this weekend!
wysiwig
A very peaceful image. Beautiful.
sharky_
Lot of time and history to this light house. Excellent capture. Aloha
durleybeachbum
What a beautiful postcard from your home! A very pretty buiding, and you are right, of such interest to those of us who live elsewhere.
flora-crassella
what a wonderful landscape!!!! Great photo!!!!
flavia49
wonderful picture!
lucindawind
oh my what a gorgeous place.. very beautiful shot ! it reminds me of my homeland where I grew up !
lyron
Gorgeous image. Fantastic picture!!
helanker
THis is a stunning shot Tara, Such a beautiful lighthouse. WOW! So clean and so well cared for. A wonderful view.
PD154
WOW! what a POV, great shot sweetie!
moochagoo
Superb view of that lighthouse :)
debbielove
A really beautiful shot... LOVE lighthouses! Cool... Great one.. Rob.
elfin12u
This lighthouse has such a different look to it than a lot I've previously seen. It's so quaint, and the surrounding buildings appear to be home to the light keeper. Around here we just have the tower or light house itself, more just a place of work, standing in stark contrast to all around, a lone sentinel, standing steadfast through all. I like this one a lot, it's sooo much more. Beautiful shot, I knew Cheri would just love this!! Awesome share M'lady.
emmecielle
Fantastic capture! :)
awjay
i love building like this from other places... thanks for sharing
orig_buggy
I would love to view the inside of the top tower ...but the view is awesome as is this one!!