150 Years of Light

by Jurgen Lorenzen

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150 Years of Light

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Jurgen Lorenzen

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Photograph - Photography

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Withstanding numerous storms, the St. Marks Lighthouse has been a navigational beacon for over a century and a half, guiding recreational, military, and merchant vessels from around the world to the mouth of the St. Marks River.
The structure consists of the light keeper's house attached to the 88 - foot tower, both resting on a 12- foot thick limestone base. According to local legend, the limestone blocks are from the ruins of old Fort San Marcos de Apalachee. Eighty-five steps spiral up the brick tower to the lantern room; the first seventy-two are wood and the last thirteen are iron. The tower walls are four- feet thick at the base, tapering to 18 inches at the top. From 1867 until 2014 the lantern room contained a fourth order Fresnel lens.
I feel that this infrared sepia toned version comes close to what I envisioned the old structure would have looked like in a photo from 150 years ago.

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November 29th, 2016

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