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Cape Meares Light


	Cape Meares Light, Oregon Cape Meares Lighthouse (Tillamook Bay, Oregon) Is a 38ft tower, smallest in Oregon and sits on the edge of a 200ft cliff above the ocean. Built in 1890 and decommissioned in 1963. 18-200mm (18mm), f/7.1, 1/200s, ISO-200 Denny E. Barnes
	Cape Meares Light, Oregon Denny E. Barnes

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The lens is a first order Fresnel (pronounced "Fraynel") lens made in Paris, France. It was shipped around Cape Horn, up the west coast to Cape Meares and then hauled 217 feet up the cliff by a wooden crane that was built from local timbers native to the area. It is an eight-sided lens with 4 primary lenses and 4 bull's-eye lenses with red panels covering the bull's-eye lenses. The lens
made one revolution every 4 minutes. It produced about 30 seconds of fixed white light from the primary lens followed by a red flash of 5 seconds from the bull's-eye lens once every minute. This was the signature of the Cape Meares Lighthouse. The primary lens produced 18,000 Candle Power and the bull's-eye lens produced 160,000 Candle Power. The light could be seen 21 miles at sea.

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September 03, 2008

Bill Knaps

Beautiful capture Denny. Seems that light could be seen as far as the eye can see over water. Thanks for all the info on the light. It is very interesting. Bill

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September 03, 2008

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Very nice presentation, Denny and beautiful shot showing one of our beautiful lighthouses on the coast.

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September 03, 2008

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Thank you ever so much Bill and Joyce!
Denny

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September 03, 2008

Deb Koskovich

So that's what they look like from up there! Great capture, super pov Denny.

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September 03, 2008

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Thank you very much, Deb!
Denny

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September 03, 2008

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beautiful pov and capture!

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September 04, 2008

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Thank you very much, Stefania!
Denny

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September 04, 2008

- Ken Smith

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Hopefully you also got down to Cape Kiwanda...this is a very scenic lighthouse..I'm enjoying it thru your eyes...and ref your comment on my photo today...yes, it snowed several times while I was there, in mid September!

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September 12, 2008

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Thank you Ken! They say it can snow at anytime in the Rockies and I believe it.
Denny

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September 13, 2008

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