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In front of the bridges in Paris, there are beacons with a white top. They are not lighted. What effect does this top have on shipping traffic?

https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/ruegen/historischer-leuchtturm-auf-der-ostsee-insel-ruegen-abgebaut-spektakulaere-aktion-mit-hubschrauber-3912241

The Strait of Messina is certainly a busy sea waterway. This may be one of the reasons why such extraordinary lighthouses are located here - lighthouses with two laterns.
Capo Peloro, E1806 (black/white) and opposite Punta Pezzo, E1770 (red/white)
I can't remember ever having seen lighthouses with two laterns before.

What an impressive building ! You only get to know something like this if you love lighthouses !
Admiralty has listed all piers of the Tidal Barrier. Most numbers include two lights, the red ones show an X and the green ones an arrow.
Unfortunately this is not shown in my pics!
The two pics are by Alexander Trabas!

Last time I uploaded many pics from the Workington harbour. I have not seen so many lights and daymarks in such a small space. How to use the lights and daymarks?? What is useful for navigation ? What is superfluous ? Why so many lights?

The visit of the Torre de Hércules in La Coruna is a highlight for every lighthouse lover.The lighthouse is a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2009.Inside the lighthouse you can see remains of the old lighthouse.

Lighthouse trails are an easy way to explore lighthouses by car or hiking.
The hiking trail in Galicia is the second trail I know.
The first famous lighthouse route I went by car was in Nova Scotia !
Who knows other famous routes?

https://www.caminodosfaros.com/en/
O Camiño dos Faros that runs through loads of different landscapes always looking at the sea towards the West. Lighthouses, beaches, dunes, rivers, cliffs, forests, estuaries with a great variety of birds, "castros" ("hill-forts"), dolmens, fishing villages, viewpoints from where to enjoy how the sea breaks in all ways possible, sunsets and so on. A hiking route different from the others that will take the hiker to a world full of unique sensations only enjoyable in this Costa da Morte.
https://youtu.be/v09FLBlrSKo

A very strange light, like a sentry box, I have seen in Ericeira, Portugal !
Does anyone know of a comparable lightfire somewhere ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MolLrnqD464

The Norwegian coastal administration Kystverket, together with the coastal transport museum Kystverkmusea, has now put digital versions of twelve lighthouses online.More will follow !
https://www.kystverket.no/

The "European Route of Lighthouses" was founded in Brussels on September 7, 2023.
The "European Route of Lighthouses", ERoL for short, aims to highlight the cultural significance and
possible uses of European lighthouses based on their past or present function
as a sea mark and navigation aid.

Shortenly Mitko has uploaded a picture of this light.I have found a new situation! I believe also Peter has not found this light in 2022 ! Most web sites still mention this light, but it exist never more!

Where is this light No. 6 ? I have no USCG list for Great Lakes. Must be close to Algoma, Wisconsin!

The main page has a symbol from Instagram ! It does not work !?

Five years ago I have been first time in Chumpon, Southern Thailand with a large harbour !
I have made severel pics and uploaded to World of Lighthouses.Alex Trabas wrote me at this time, I have missed the Admiralty F2924.2 and F2924.3.
So I returned recently again to Chumpon to make pics from the missed lights.
Now Alex Trabas revised all geographical positions. Now I had to correct all my pictures as well.I hope everything is correct now.

Lighthouse Directory from Russ Rowlett is very useful for all of us lighthouse lovers. But often I see great differences for height of the tower and focal plane elevation from Open Sea Map.
For instance: Roscoff ! A1812.1 Russ: 24 and 24, Open Sea : 15 and 24 (seems realistic )
Or the beacons in sea: A1818, Russ :20 and 14, Open Sea : 8 and 14 (seems realistic ) and so on...

https://www.butenunbinnen.de/nachrichten/bremerhaven-leuchtturm-mole-kommentar-100.html

A lighthouse collapses !

In Google Maps the Rear und Front lighthouses in Barfleur are named as Le Phare de la Bretonne and Phare du Cracko ! Where do the names come from?

Is it the only movable Range Rear in the world?  It can be moved laterally according to the requirements of the fairway. I have never seen before!