1987

NM1596 : From the balcony of Hyskeir lighthouse

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

From the balcony of Hyskeir lighthouse
From the balcony of Hyskeir lighthouse
The lighthouse boasted a small (and fairly exclusive) golf course in its days as a manned light. The cable strung from the tower is not a zip-wire thrill ride, but a radio aerial, given a wide berth by the helicopter pilot when approaching.
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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Category: Lighthouse
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NM1596, 11 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Jim Barton   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 20 August, 1987   (more nearby)
Submitted
Saturday, 20 November, 2010
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 157 960 [100m precision]
WGS84: 56:58.0738N 6:40.7250W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NM 156 961
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Southeast (about 135 degrees)
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