Showing posts with label lighthouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighthouse. Show all posts

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Another Lighthouse

A closer view of the lighthouse for you now. It doesn't look that big, but remember we were on cruise ship which had about 15 stories, and we were close to the top. Interesting being red an blue, a lot of the lighthouses I have seen have been white. They are all different though and I am sure that this one certainly did it's job

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

A Harbour Entrance

Believe it or not we were entering a harbour entrance. Not quit like the entrance to Sydney harbour, but it was still a harbour, and a working one at that. A few ships being loaded or unloaded with overhead cranes, the power station, and another lighthouse. This one was very different to the one leaving Okinawa.

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

A Sea Wall

This is the view of the light house at the end of a very long sea wall. It looks like it may be connected to land at the other end, but I think that land is another island. At the other end of the wall is a red lighthouse, and why would they put a light house there if it was connected to land?

I am not sure of the purpose of the wall is. Obviously it serves as a breaker to the waves coming in from the East China Sea, but there could be another purpose. It is one of the longest sea walls that I have seen.

Monday, August 3, 2015

Harbour Lighting


A close view now of the light house in the harbour at Okinawa as we sailed past it. 

I am a fan of light houses, and find them all so different, even though they serve the same function the world over. This is just one photo of an ever growing collection that I have. One day I am going to use them as inspiration for my stitching.

Sunday, August 2, 2015

A Lighthouse


The fist view of the lighthouse has we sailed past it leaving the harbour.