Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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)