Rettungsschwimmer auf einem Quad mit der Sicherheitsfahne bei Ebbe, Godrevy Sands, Godrevy Island und Leuchtturm mit Atlantik Surf, Nr. Hayle, Cornwall, Großbritannien
5184 x 3456 px | 43,9 x 29,3 cm | 17,3 x 11,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
17. September 2015
Ort:
Godrevy Beach and Lighthouse, Nr. Hayle, Cornwall,UK.
Weitere Informationen:
Low tide view looking across Godrevy beach at low tide. A life guard on his quad bike is moving the safety flag further up the beach as the tide comes in. Behind is the famous Godrevy island with its lighthouse. set in an enclosed stone wall. The area is owned and maintained by the National Trust. There have been many shipwrecks off the 'Stones' a dangerous reef which extends outwards towards Saint Ives. It was not until 1800 that an obligation to bury drowned sailors and passengers so many corpses were just left in the surrounding sand dunes. In 1854 an iron screw steamer called the 'Nile' was wrecked here with no survivors. Following this incident, Trinity house was put under pressure from both the public and merchants and in 1859 the light house was completed. The light house is solar powered and has been unmanned since 1995 with the actual light operating from a steel structure adjacent to it since 2012.
