Firman Allah Taala: “Sesungguhnya orang-orang yang mengatakan: "Tuhan kami ialah Allah," kemudian mereka tetap istiqamah di atas jalan yang betul (dengan pengakuan iman dan tauhidnya itu), maka tidak ada kebimbangan (dari sesuatu yang tidak baik) terhadap mereka, dan mereka pula tidak akan berdukacita. (Al 'Ahqaf: 13)
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, San Francisco, USA
Photo: Ian Chamberlain
Cc1WC’sNEWS: ‘The Incredible Photos
Of Lighthouses Illuminating the Night’
humanRightCommunitySharing 2012
Ah, lighthouses!
What’s not to love about these beacons of light, which have been guiding ships
since the 17th century? At least, the modern versions have: the Egyptians, ever
the pioneers, built their first lighthouse around 280 BC. How's that for
looking ahead?
Not surprisingly,
lighthouses are most spectacular at night, when their lights beam dutifully for
miles out to sea, guiding vessels through rough waters. In honour of these
life-saving light-givers, we’ve found 20 simply stunning shots of lighthouses
at night.
Marblehead Lighthouse, Ohio, USA
Here’s a great
moonrise shot of Marblehead Lighthouse in Marblehead, Ohio with star trails in
winter sky and a great chunk of sea ice in the background. It was built in 1821
and is the oldest lighthouse on the Great Lakes to have been in continuous
operation.
Photographer Luke
Hertzfeld describes his experience of being out there in the middle of a
freezing winter night: "It was dead quite except the shifting ice, which
sounded like huge steel cables breaking. If you've ever heard that sound, it's
quite unnerving, and I never really got comfortable with the sound for the
three hours I was out here."
Well, we sure
appreciate the effort and can emphatically say that it was worth it!
Start Point Lighthouse, Devon, England
Photo: Myles Smith
With the fog
rolling in over the dark rocks, this image of Start Point Lighthouse is pretty
dramatic - if not outright sinister! It's no coincidence that the white,
92-foot (28 m) structure reminds one of a castle tower, as it was built in the
Gothic style. It has been guiding ships since 1836 and is located in south
Devon, England.
Cape Trafalgar Lighthouse, Cadiz, Spain
Photo: jaocana76
This lighthouse is
not only stunning but was also captured with a perfect reflection in the water,
on a cloudless and still night. Rather unusual for an area known for its strong
tides and currents. The 112-foot (34 m) tall lighthouse, built in 1860, stands
at Cape Trafalgar in Cadiz, Spain, northwest of the Strait of Gibraltar. This
is the historic spot where the Battle of Trafalgar took place in 1805.
Fingal Head Lighthouse, New South Wales, Australia
Photo: Chris Lofqvist
Only 23-foot tall
(7 m), this short and stubby white lighthouse is located at Fingal Head, one of
Australia’s easternmost spots. It was built between 1878 and 1880. Though
located in a public beach and picnic area, you won't be able to get much closer
than this: the lighthouse tower itself is, unfortunately, closed to the public.
Dornbusch Lighthouse, Hiddensee, Germany
Photo: Daniela Garling
If ever there were
an image to epitomize the phrase 'beacon of hope' it would surely be this one.
The lighthouse pictured stands 92-foot (28 m) tall, in the city of Dornbusch,
on the Baltic island of Hiddensee in Germany. It was built from bricks in
1887/1888 and then painted white. Some 102 steps lead up to this lighthouse,
and today it is open to the public. Don't take a big group, though! Visitors
are limited to 15 at a time.
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, San Francisco, USA
Tall and beautiful,
Pigeon Point Lighthouse lies 50 miles south of San Francisco and seems to
radiate light in this amazing night shot. At 115 feet (35 m) tall, the
lighthouse is one of the tallest in the US. For those living in the area,
there’s also an opportunity to learn more about the structure: California State
Parks, the organization taking care of it, is currently looking for volunteers.
Coquille River Lighthouse, Oregon, USA
Photo: Curt Deatherage
An orange sunset
dramatically lights up the sky around Coquille River Lighthouse in Bandon,
Oregon. Named after the Coquille Indians that populated the area, the
lighthouse was built in 1896 to guide ships at the spot where the Coquille
River flows into the Pacific Ocean. Abandoned for nearly 25 years, this
beautiful piece of architecture was restored to its former glory in 1976.
Blavand Lighthouse, Syddanmark, Denmark
Photo: Martin..D
This atmospheric,
almost ethereal image, taken on Denmark’s central North Sea coast, shows the
Blåvand Lighthouse, close to Esbjerg harbour, adorned with a crown of light.
The lighthouse has provided a guiding light in rough North Sea storms for more
than 100 years. From 125 feet (38 m) up, the view is stunning and uninterrupted
in all directions. According to one source, on a clear day you can expect to
see: “Esbjerg harbour, Blåvand's long sandy beaches, the offshore windmill
farm, a good few old German WWII bunkers, and of course the hundreds of lovely
summerhouses in the sandy dunes.” Sounds worth a visit!
Moose Peak Lighthouse, Maine, USA
Photo: Maggie-Me
This mysterious and
rather spooky image shows Moose Peak Lighthouse on the (rather amusingly named)
Mistake Island in Maine. Though the light station here was established in 1826,
the 57-foot (17.5 m) tall tower didn’t get built until 1851. While the
picturesque lighthouse is sadly not open to the public, boat trips to the
surrounding area can still give you a great view of the 160-year-old building.
Castle Hill Lighthouse, Rhode Island, USA
Photo: Chris Lazzery
With the fog rising
from Narragansett Bay, Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, Rhode Island looks
rather surreal. Built more than 120 years ago in 1890, the lighthouse is still
used today by the United States Coast Guard, helping boats navigate the slim
East Passage around Aquidneck Island. While the lighthouse is unfortunately not
open to the public, the area around it is, and, with a little bit of effort
(like climbing up the rocks in near darkness with photographic equipment, as
photographer Chris Lazzery did!) one can be rewarded with stunning pictures
like this one.
Whiteford Lighthouse, Gower, Wales
Photo: Guy Berresford
This amazing shot
shows Whiteford Lighthouse in Whiteford Point, Gower, South Wales. The white
glow around the lighthouse is not its light but the sun! Given the atmosphere
and purple light, one could almost mistake it for a sunset shot.
In our excitement,
we don’t want to miss out on some details about this 1865 lighthouse, as it
differs quite a bit from the others featured in our list. Not only is it a
cast-iron structure (one of the last remaining examples of cast-iron
lighthouses in the UK) but the 44-foot (13 m) high tower also stands in the water,
supported by 88 wooden piles.
Turnberry Lighthouse, South Ayrshire, Scotland
Photo: David Hanah
This spacey-looking
lighthouse was snapped against a beautiful starry night sky in Turnberry, south
Scotland. It can be found on the Ayrshire coast, on the site of the old
Turnberry Castle, most likely built in the 1200s. The brick lighthouse was
erected on the stone ruins of the castle in 1873, thus giving visitors to the
site a double whammy of historic buildings at which to marvel!
Butt of Lewis Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
This unpainted,
redbrick lighthouse with yellow on its window and door accents is unusual for
Scotland. The Butt of Lewis Lighthouse in the Outer Hebrides has been helping
ships navigate the rough and stormy sea around the Isle of Lewis’s northernmost
point since 1862. The structure is much needed, it seems: the location made it
into the Guinness Book of Records as the windiest spot in the UK.
Pigeon Point Lighthouse, San Francisco, USA
Pigeon Point
Lighthouse in the San Francisco Bay seems to radiate light angelically in this
stunning image. At 115 feet (35 m), it's the joint tallest lighthouse on the
West Coast (along with Point Arena Light in California) and was built in 1871.
There’s great news for lighthouse fans, too: the old lighthouse keeper’s
quarters from the 1960s have been restored and turned into a youth hostel! And
for those only young at heart, there’s good news as well: additional
accommodation for up to 50 people is available in surrounding buildings. If
you’re wondering about the name of the lighthouse - located between Santa Cruz
and San Francisco, by the way - it’s in honour of the Carrier Pigeon, a ship
that was wrecked in rough waters in 1853.
Rondea Harbour Lighthouse, Ontario, Canada
Photo: Bob West
The dramatic sky
captured here illuminates a structure that is part of a set of range markers
and lights in Rondea Harbour in Erieau, Ontario, Canada. This is the
characteristic east side channel marker, with its white, skeletal frame, and
the square lantern room on top painted a bright red. Makes for a pretty
picture, for sure!
Low Head Lighthouse, Tasmania, Australia
Photo: Daniel C.
This minimalist
lighthouse - white, with just one wide, red stripe - can be found at Low Head,
Tasmania. After a number of shipwrecks in the rough waters in the 19th century,
the 62-foot (19 m) lighthouse was built in 1833, the third lighthouse in
Australia and the second in Tasmania.
Chania Lighthouse, Chania, Greece
Photo: Iordanis Keramidas
This charming
lighthouse, so beautifully lit, stands in Chania, Greece, on Crete’s
northwestern coast. As we mentioned at the beginning, the Ancient Egyptians are
said to have been the inventors of the lighthouse, and they also had a hand in
this one - the oldest on our list.
The Chania
Lighthouse is believed to have been established in 1570 by the Venetians, who
gave it its cylindrical shape. The Egyptians occupied Crete from 1821 to 1841,
and then left their mark on the little lighthouse with a shape reminiscent of a
minaret and elegant steps leading up to the balcony.
Mevagissey Lighthouse, Cornwall, England
Photo: Andy Brown
This scenic white
lighthouse stands in Mevagissey, Cornwall in southwest England. The cast-iron
lighthouse is 29.5-foot (9 m) tall and was completed in 1896, after a fierce
blizzard destroyed the original lighthouse and pier in 1891.
Thanks to the
lighthouse, the town of Mevagissey was the first in the UK to have street
lighting, courtesy of the excess electricity from the lighthouse’s
pilchard-powered station, built in 1895. A nice story, don’t you agree?
Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, Baltimore. USA
Photo: Tommy Lynch
This red and rotund
lighthouse makes for a lovely composition in front of the pink evening sky.
Interestingly, it is no longer found in its original location: the Seven Foot
Knoll Lighthouse has abandoned its place at the mouth of Maryland's Patapsco
River and now sits as a landmark on the Inner Harbour waterfront in downtown
Baltimore.
Built in 1856,
Seven Foot Knoll is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse that’s still intact. A
screw-pile lighthouse is a structure that stands on piles that are screwed into
the seafloor or riverbeds. Seven Foot Knoll once towered at a height of 40 feet
(12 m) and was crowned by the lighthouse keeper’s quarters and gallery. Though
inactive since 1987, it is now enjoyed by school children and other visitors as
a museum.
Though we could do
this all day, sadly our tour of incredible lighthouses ends here. Hard to pick
a favourite, isn’t it? In the meantime, we hope we've shed some light (if
you'll pardon the pun) on these beautiful and historic structures.
Rumah api merah ini
dan rendah dan merdu membuat komposisi yang indah di hadapan langit petang
merah-merah jambu. Menariknya, ia tidak lagi ditemui di lokasi asal: 7 Kaki
Knoll Rumah Api telah meninggalkan tempat di mulut Sungai Maryland, Patapsco
dan kini duduk sebagai mercu tanda di kawasan dermaga Inner Harbour di pusat
bandar Baltimore. Dibina pada tahun 1856, 7 Kaki Knoll yang tertua skru cerucuk
rumah api yang masih utuh. Sebuah rumah api skru-cerucuk adalah 1 struktur yang
berdiri di atas cerucuk yang hancurkan ke dalam dasar laut atau riverbeds. 7
Kaki Knoll sekali towered pada ketinggian 40 kaki (12 m) dan dinobatkan oleh
pihak-pihak penjaga rumah api dan galeri. Walaupun tidak aktif sejak 1987, ia
kini dinikmati oleh kanak-kanak sekolah dan pelawat lain sebagai sebuah muzium.
Walaupun kita boleh lakukan ini semua hari, sedih pelancongan rumah api yang
luar biasa kami berakhir di sini. Sukar untuk memilih kegemaran, bukan?
Sementara itu, kami berharap kami berjaya mengurangkan sebahagian cahaya (jika
anda akan memaafkan pun) pada struktur yang indah dan bersejarah ini.
Sources:
1. Lighthouse
8. Coquille River
(Bandon), OR [Coquille River Lighthouse]
12. Turnberry
Castle [Turnberry Lighthouse]
20. Mevagissey
Top image: Coastal
Lighthouse
LiquidMetal iPhone
With reports of the upcoming iPhone running rampant, one talented designer decided to show us what a LiquidMetal iPhone might look like. The result is this spectacular rendering, depicting the new iPhone with a larger widescreen, virtual home button and that weird new metal with its otherworldly characteristics.
To enjoy the full complement of pics from all angles, take a look at the full LiquidMetal iPhone gallery of this beautiful concept, which might be surprisingly close to the actual iPhone's appearance when it's delivered to its fanatical customers.
Dengan laporan iPhone akan datang berlari berleluasa, salah seorang pereka berbakat memutuskan untuk menunjukkan kepada kita betapa iPhone LiquidMetal mungkin kelihatan seperti. Keputusan ini terjemahan menakjubkan, menggambarkan iPhone baru dengan yang lebih besar skrin lebar, rumah butang maya dan bahawa logam baru yang aneh dengan ciri-ciri rohani.
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The following is a video compilation of reports from various alternative media journalists about the real goings-on in Syria. We can see clearly who are the real terrorists in Syria and on this planet.
This is a real life example of foreign (read western) forces subverting another less powerful sovereign nation (read Syria) through covert means, aided by treacherous local groups, among others. It has already occurred in Libya and now they are doing the same thing to Syria. Now transpose that to what has happened recently in our country (read Bersih) and try to connect the dots. And it has no connection to democracy, free and fair election, etc. Did the so-called "democratic" western coalition bring democracy, or even a semblance of it, to the targeted Muslim nations? We all know the answer to that. We may suffer the same fate if we are not careful.
Berikut adalah himpunan video laporan dari pelbagai media alternatif wartawan mengenai sebenar kejadian yg aneh di Syria. Kita dapat melihat dengan jelas yang adalah pengganas sebenar di Syria dan di atas planet ini. Ini adalah contoh kehidupan sebenar asing (baca barat) daya yang cuba 1 lagi negara yang kurang berkuasa berdaulat (baca Syria) melalui cara rahsia, dibantu oleh kumpulan-kumpulan tempatan khianat, antara lain. Ia telah berlaku di Libya dan sekarang mereka melakukan perkara yang sama ke Syria. Sekarang alihan bahawa apa yang telah berlaku baru-baru ini di negara kita (baca Bersih) dan cuba untuk menyambung titik. Dan ia mempunyai tidak berkaitan dengan demokrasi, pilihan raya bebas dan adil, dan sebagainya. Adakah apa yang dikenali sebagai "demokrasi" pakatan barat membawa demokrasi, atau bahkan mustahak, negara-negara Islam yang disasarkan? Kita semua tahu jawapan itu. Kita boleh mengalami nasib yang sama jika kita tidak berhati-hati . . .
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Looks like a quick and easy way to get live professional-quality 720p video online. No small feat, considering that other live broadcasting kits could run you more than US$5,000 - and even that is surprisingly cheap, doing something that would have been considered a miracle 10 years ago. (More information)
Ia tidak pernah menjadi semudah untuk menyiarkan aliran video secara langsung dari lokasi terpencil, terutama sejak Penyiar Livestream meletup di tempat kejadian minggu ini. Ia adalah 1 sistem yang lengkap US $ 495 yang berkisar sebuah kotak yang anda lampirkan pada camcorder, membiarkan anda stream video HD hidup kepada web melalui Wi-Fi, 3G atau 4G. Kelihatan seperti cara yang cepat dan mudah untuk mendapatkan hidup profesional-video dalam talian yang berkualiti 720p. Tiada pencapaian kecil, memandangkan bahawa kit penyiaran hidup lain dapat menjalankan kamu lebih daripada AS $ 5,000 - dan malah yang menghairankan murah, melakukan sesuatu yang telah dianggap keajaiban 10 tahun lalu.
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