The rotating light beams of the Hillsboro Lighthouse by Lee Smith
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Hillsboro Lighthouse
Visited the Hillsboro Lighthouse Inlet today and requested an FAA waiver to fly in this area to capture the inlet in the early sun light. Got there around 6am and walked about 20 minutes in the sand to get to the inlet. Started my flight at 7am as per the waiver and had a terrific morning flying..
Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse
The Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse has an octagonal iron pyramidal tower that was built by the Russel Wheel and Foundry in Detroit Michigan in August 1905. The lighthouse stands 132 feet high and the construction is held together with bolts, there are no welds. The] iron piping is held together with 192 special cast iron joints and 80 tension rods with turnbuckles. The light is a bivalve Fresnel lens that emits a light measuring 5.5 megacandelas and is placed 135 feet above sea level.
Carysfort Reef Lighthouse
Carysfort Reef Lighthouse is located about six nautical miles east of Key Largo, Florida
The light is about 100 feet above the water and was completed in 1852. Carysfort Reef is named for HMS Carysfort (1766), a 20-gun Royal Navy post ship that ran aground on the reef in 1770.
B&W of the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse
B&W photo of the Hillsboro Inlet Lighthouse, Pompano Beach, Florida
Hillsboro Lighthouse
A cool February morning at the Hillsboro Inlet to catch the lighthouse at sunrise
