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What Happens If You Break It?

Classic Fresnel Lighthouse Lenses   (Youtube) Another benefit of Facebook (FB), if you subscribe to the right channels, is the notification of new webpages. In this case a friend on Sentinelles des Mer (FB) led me to their webpage in Belgium www.sentinelles-des-mers.be again in French in case you clicked on the first link already. What a beautiful […]

Mise Tales Thirty-Three

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One.   Tell Tale Productions Inc’s. documentary “Lighthouses” – the film has been completed and has had its world broadcast premiere on CBC Television’s Land and Sea Sunday, November 24, 2013. If you missed it you can see it online on CBC Land […]

Pachena Point Lighthouse

The photo at the left shows the lamp, lens, mercury bath bearing, and winding apparatus which was installed on the Pachena Point lighthouse in February 1908. The lens is a 1st order Fresnel lens made by Chance Brothers of Birmingham England – one of the largest sizes possible, and it all sits on a wooden […]

Mise Tales Fourteen

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One. A Lighthouse Opera? I had never heard of a lighthouse opera until now, and being not a fan of operas, I was a bit skeptical as well. OK, I found a Youtube video of The Lighthouse, an opera by Sir Peter Maxwell […]

Mise Tales Thirteen

  For an update on what a Mise Tale is then please see Mise Tales One.   More Lighthouse Wallpaper (Photos) There are some beautiful scenes here to light up your computer Desktop. All are free to download in small to x-large sizes.   ******************************* Lighthouse Watch add-on for Firefox browser. A unique hand-drawn lighthouse scene for the Firefox […]