South Shields Daily Pictures
Souter and the "super moon".
Posted by Curly (South Shields, United Kingdom) on 10 May 2012 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.
Souter Lighthouse is one of my favourites in the north east of England, it sits on top of the cliffs here in South Shields and was the first UK lighthouse to be powered by electricity, they used their own generators to power the 60 watt lamp. The lamp sits in a huge multi lens glass housing weighing over 3 tons, floating on a bed of mercury for ease of turning. When it was operational the light from Souter was visible more than 26 miles away.
It is now owned by The National Trust.
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@k@: It was a fleeting moment Karine, see my reply to Peter below.
@J.R.: It's that blue and yellow thing again, my favourite combination.
@Japanalia: It's the moon Yoshi, the moon :-)
@peter.K: Ooh yeah I think it was Peter :-) Oddly I was there for what seemed an age waiting for moonrise, and my bad luck saw clouds on the horizon over the sea, I was about to give up when a faint yellow glow showed itself through a thinning cloud. Then it appeared, but only for about a minute. Little did I know that it would grow larger as the night moved on, and the clouds would also disappear............trouble is.......so did I.
Pentax K100D
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ISO 200
105 mm (35mm equiv.)
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