Looking Up The Spiral Staircase
by D Hackett
Title
Looking Up The Spiral Staircase
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D Hackett
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Photograph - Digital
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Looking Up The Spiral Staircase by D Hackett
This beautiful spiral staircase is inside the St Augustine Lighthouse. This image was taken on the first floor, looking up the center of the spiral staircase
The St. Augustine Lighthouse rises 165 feet above sea level and contains 219 steps that are climbed by visitors. At the top, the original, first order Fresnel lens still serves the beacon, but today is lit by a 1000 watt bulb, and maintained by the museum and volunteers. The St. Augustine lens consists of 370 hand-cut glass prisms arranged in a beehive shape towering twelve feet tall and six feet in diameter. Ascend 219 steps and uncover 140 years of history on your climb to the top of the St. Augustine Lighthouse. At the top, youll be treated to a 360 view that includes historic St. Augustine, St. Augustine Beach, the Intracoastal Waterway and the Atlantic Ocean.
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January 23rd, 2015
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