Beachy Head Lighthouse. Seven Sisters. Familiar designations for the chalk cliffs on the south coast of England near Eastbourne. This lighthouse (43 metres high, its light visible 48 kilometres away) was built in 1902. Before that, a lighthouse had stood above the cliff for three quarters of a century, but due to sea fog, which is common here, that lighthouse was often not visible at all. Since 1983, the lighthouse keeper has given way to an automated light. Since a few years, with the advent of electronic navigation aids, the light has been replaced by a weaker LED light: visibility 15km. The red and white colour of the tower (called the day mark) would no longer be maintained due to budget cuts. But the British wouldn't be British, so money was raised and so the tower can last for quite a few years again!
[2 AUG 2014. Canon EOS 1d, mark III, 130mm 1/800 f8]
Sybrand Treffers (1971) is fotograaf en filmer met verregaande specialiteit in de industriële, nautische en logistieke sector. Turbines, warehousing of olietankers verhelderend of dynamisch in beeld brengen, verbindingen leggen tussen kantoor en werkvloer. Inclusief vernieuwende toepassing van beelden voor verbetering van kantooromgevingen, bedrijfsrestaurants, fabriekshallen of..
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Germany
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Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
Netherlands
Germany
Netherlands