Virginia Beach VA - a photo on Flickriver

Virginia Beach VA

            This image was taken 39 ½ years ago during the summer of 1982, my first trip out of New York/New Jersey area post aquiring my first SLR, a Minolta X700 back in February of 1982 on Kodacolor II 100 ASA film.  This is actually the second Cape Henry Lighthouse with its distinct black and white pattern that’s located 350 feet from the original Cape Henry Lighthouse that still stands on the ground of Fort Story a military base operated by the US Navy; Joint Expeditionary Base Fort Story (JEBFS) that itself is within the city limits of Virginia Beach, Virginia.  The original Cape Henry Lighthouse was built in 1791 and can be visited at certain times of the year, one can climb to the top.  This image of the second Cape Henry Lighthouse was in fact taken from the top of the old Cape Henry Lighthouse when my younger brother and I climbed to the top with my new Minolta 135 mm f/2.8 lens attached to my X700 both of which I still have.  The second Cape Henry Lighthouse pictured here was built in 1881 when concerns about the stability of the first lighthouse basically collapsing were the justification for its construction.  The second Cape Henry Lighthouse is currently active and run by the United States Coast Guard though it is like most current lighthouses run by the US Coast Guard completely automated to guide ships entering Chesapeake Bay.  Cape Henry by the way as a marker on the lighthouse that was placed in 1896 states was the site of the first landing of the British on this continent in 1607.  Then in 1781, the French Allies Navy led my Admiral Comte deGrasse bested a contingent of the British Royal Navy just off these shores in the Battle of the Capes, cutting off the British in Yorktown up the James River setting the stage for General Washington’s victory over Lord Cornwallis in Yorktown that essentially won the Revolutionary War for the colonist.
   

Taken in: United States / Virginia / Cape Henry Village (show map)

Taken on: August 12, 1982

Sets appears in: • VIRGINIA BEACH

Camera: SEIKO EPSON CORP. EPSON scanner (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	SEIKO EPSON CORP. EPSON scanner
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 8.2.1 (Windows)
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