Big Sable Lighthouse Sunset
by Michael Rucker
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Price
$500
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5184.000 x 3456.000 pixels
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Title
Big Sable Lighthouse Sunset
Artist
Michael Rucker
Medium
Photograph - Photo / Digital
Description
The Big Sable Point Light is a lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan near Ludington in mason County, Michigan, at the Ludington State Park.
The Big Sable Lighthouse was built in 1867 out of Cream City Brick, later encased in Cast Iron Plate. the Tower Shape is Frustum of a Cone.and the Markings are White and Black/Black parapet & Lantern. The Tower is 112 feet, The Original Lens was a Third order Fresnel Lens and currently the lighthouse has a 12-inch (300 mm) ML-300 Tideland Signal acrylic optic, with the range of 15 nautical miles.
The Lighthouse is surrounded by Sanddunes and you have to Hike or Ride a Bike 1.8 Miles from Parking Lot, and along the way you can visit a historic Ship wreak on lake Michigan, Beautiful time to walk to shore line and experience the beautiful of big Sable Lighthouse.
The cost to build the lighthouse in 1866 was $35,000.
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April 29th, 2018
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Jan Mulherin
Congratulations!! This beautiful image has been selected to be featured for the week in the “Shadow Silhouettes and Reflections Outdoors” Group Home Page. If enabled, your image will also be posted to our group Google+ Page. You are welcome to add a preview of this featured image to the group’s discussion post titled “2018 May – Featured Images and Thank-you’s” for a permanent display within the group, to share this achievement with others. Thank you for your participation in the group! ~Jan