OK, I found this one by searching Google with the phrase "sexy lighthouse".
This picture showed up high in the search results. The model is the remarkable (and sexy) Galina Dubenenko.
She's not really there, obviously.
However, this picture made me decide to feature the lighthouse behind her as the Lighthouse of the Week. First, though, I had to find it. All I had to go on was from the page with the picture, which had this available as a wallpaper, and said "Lighthouse in France". So I searched for "lighthouse square France" and found this rather quickly, at the Lighthouse Directory.
This is the Kermorvan Light, located right at the tip of Brittany on the Pointe de Kermorvan. I zoomed way out on the map to orient on the English Channel.
It's an important light at an important location; according to the directory, it's the front light of three separate ranges. Across the nearest channel is the little town of Le Conquet, so the lighthouses in this area are in the Le Conquet section of the directory.
Here are the basics from the directory:
"1849. Active; focal plane 20 m (66 ft); white flash every 5 s. 20 m (66 ft) square stone tower with lantern and gallery. The three seaward faces of the tower are painted white; the landward face and the stone gallery are unpainted. Fresnel lens in use."
So it is square.
There are lots and lots and LOTS of pictures of this one; so I am only providing a very limited sample below.
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| by rollier |
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| by Nicolas Rottiers |
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