1987

NM1596 : Helipad at Hyskeir lighthouse

taken 37 years ago, near to Camas na Cloiche Ruadhe [water Feature], Highland, Great Britain

Helipad at Hyskeir lighthouse
Helipad at Hyskeir lighthouse
Taken from the balcony of the light with the Northern Lighthouse Board's red helicopter parked below. The track gives access to a foghorn at the N end of the island.
Hyskeir lighthouse

Taken on a visit in August 1987, with permission from the Northern Lighthouse Board to travel on one of their resupply trips by helicopter from Oban. My visit was part of the field work to investigate possible locations for wind speed measurements at an exposed coastal site, as comparison data for radar instruments on the ERS-1 satellite. The European Remote Sensing satellite was launched in 1991 by the European Space Agency; its package of instruments for precision altimetry, radar imaging and measurement of sea surface temperature and ocean winds. ERS-1 continued operating to March 2000, well beyond its design life. For more information, please see the ESA website LinkExternal link

The lighthouse was opened by the Northern Lighthouse Board in 1904 to mark these low-lying islands W of Rum. It was manned at the time of my visit, but was automated in March 1997. Please see the Northern Lighthouse Board's site LinkExternal link for more background on this and other lighthouses.


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NM1596, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
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Jim Barton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 20 August, 1987   (more nearby)
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Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 156 961 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:58.1521N 6:40.7941W
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OSGB36: geotagged! NM 156 961
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