Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Richard: Nice shots, and nice to see this light again. I visited Point Reyes in 1989. There was a Navy jeep down there parked behind the building... with nowhere to go. Is it still there? Jim Richard wrote: > 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