After last week's thematic lighthouse + storm pictures, I have returned to Sri Lanka. The lighthouse featured this week is on the northern part of the island, and is the new version of a pair of lighthouses; there is also an old Talaimannar lighthouse, too, which is not nearly as classical or as pretty as the New Talaimannar lighthouse.
Here's more on the New Talaimannar lighthouse:
New Talaimannar Lighthouse (includes a map to locate its location).
And here's what the Lighthouse Directory has to say about it:
"1915. Reactivated (?); focal plane 17 m (56 ft); white flash every 5 s authorized. 19 m (62 ft) round cylindrical tower with lantern and gallery. Lighthouse painted white. ... There are several Internet references to the lighthouse as being abandoned or "burnt out" during the insurrection. The Sri Lankan Army cleared mines in the Talaimannar Pier area in 2003-04, reopening the area to visitors."
And here are the pictures!
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