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Lighthouses have for centuries captured the imagination of poets, artists and novelists... standing brave and defiant to the full force of the oceans, keeping seafarers from a watery grave.

Extract:...The Eddystone's lamp is said to have shone until midnight, guiding floundering ships safely into Plymouth. But by dawn, Winstanley and his lighthouse had gone and only the iron piles remained.

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Eddystone Lighthouse marking the dangerous Eddystone Rocks off Rame Head in Cornwall.
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Rick Tomlinson / Eddystone Lighthouse marking the dangerous Eddystone Rocks off Rame Head in Cornwall.
Portland Bill Lighthouse with Sea Thrift, May, Dorset, UK
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Peter Lewis / Portland Bill Lighthouse with Sea Thrift, May, Dorset, UK
Children on spiral staircase of the kerosene fueled Elbow Cay lighthouse in the Abacos Islands, Bahamas.
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Onne van der Wal / Children on spiral staircase of the kerosene fueled Elbow Cay lighthouse in the Abacos Islands, Bahamas.
Trevose Head and lighthouse in late evening light, near Padstow, Cornwall, UK. July 2008.
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Ross Hoddinott / Trevose Head and lighthouse in late evening light, near Padstow, Cornwall, UK. July 2008.
Old lighthouse at Spurn Point, Yorkshire, UK
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Paul Hobson / Old lighthouse at Spurn Point, Yorkshire, UK
The light inside a lighthouse at night, South Island, New Zealand.
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Onne van der Wal / The light inside a lighthouse at night, South Island, New Zealand.
Pilot Cutter ^Polly Agatha^ sailing past the Needles Lighthouse during Round the Island Race, The British Classic Yacht Club Regatta, Cowes Classic Week, July 2008
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Rick Tomlinson / Pilot Cutter ^Polly Agatha^ sailing past the Needles Lighthouse during Round the Island Race, The British Classic Yacht Club Regatta, Cowes Classic Week, July 2008
Lighthouse at night, Nantucket, USA.
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Onne van der Wal / Lighthouse at night, Nantucket, USA.
^Mariquita^ sailing past the Needles Lighthouse during Round the Island Race, The British Classic Yacht Club Regatta, Cowes Classic Week, July 2008
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Rick Tomlinson / ^Mariquita^ sailing past the Needles Lighthouse during Round the Island Race, The British Classic Yacht Club Regatta, Cowes Classic Week, July 2008
Changing the bulb inside the lens of a lighthouse.
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Onne van der Wal / Changing the bulb inside the lens of a lighthouse.
Buchanness lighthouse and boats pulled up onto the hard, North East Scotland. Spring 2005.
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Philip Stephen / Buchanness lighthouse and boats pulled up onto the hard, North East Scotland. Spring 2005.
Portland Bill at dusk, Dorset, UK
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David Noton / Portland Bill at dusk, Dorset, UK