Friday, July 19, 2013

Land's End lighthouse, Cornwall, England

 

An artwork by Vernon Ward, undated but at least 60 years old.  The Longships Lighthouse tower stands 12 metres high and the light has a range of 20 km (11 nautical miles); it is one long 5-second flash every ten seconds. The flashes are white when seen from seaward, but red sectors show if a vessel strays too close to either Cape Cornwall to the north or Gwennap Head to the south-southeast. A fog signal sounds every ten seconds.

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