I don’t know what to say about this other than, we went to see a lighthouse! 
Jenny’s mom came to visit – I know that sounds crazy, she lives in Houston, but it happened! It’s awesome actually. We went driving all over the southern part of the island of Samsø looking at stuff. Here’s a few pics I took when we arrived at an old lighthouse and I YOINKED Jenny’s camera and ran off!
This is what we came upon...
Jenny turned right, and went up those stairs, saying the view was great. I thought I could find an even higher view, so I went toward the lighthouse! I stole her camera and took this of her and Jane, her mom, from the base of the lighthouse, across the driveway to them on their hill.
I disappeared inside, and here's what I found...
As I climbed the old thing, out the window I saw this direct TV dish. HA! Juxtoposition!
I got to the mostly top and there was this!
When I went out the door at the top, this is what I saw.
And turning left, this...
Amazed, walking, turning again, this...
I think it's Jutland in the distance. Can you see the smoke stack?
A little different angle on Jutland...
I thought the sun looked cool ow my eye
Sorry, the sea just amazes me.
OMG! Windmills in the water!
And on land!
Holy big rolling freshly plowed field of dirt, batman!
It's an island. A rolling hills island of farming and islanding.
Oh man the light itself is neat.
Inside the light...
Oop! Jenny's caught me! Stay back, Camera Police!
Well, first I showed Jenny the view, then she ooh’d and ahh’d, then we went down those steps and down down the other steps, and out to our next adventure!!
Whoa, dude, I LOVE lighthouses–and the ocean. We desert rats are all amazed at the sea. And lighthouses. This one has a big fresnel lens. That’s the old fashioned kind made of glass cut into prisms (or something) so that it reflects a lot of light. They are really cool. They have a relatively small light source inside, but it gets multiplied into lots of light. The light source used to be an oil lamp and the keeper had to climb up several times a day to replenish the oil and wipe the soot off the lens. (that’ll get your legs in shape!) A lot of lighthouses have taken them out and replaced them with boring electonic beacons. This one looks like it has an electric light inside there, so no keeper needed, but still kept the lens. Very Cool! Quite a treasure.
It’s sad, really, that I’m sooo anti-turbine. Because I don’t mind 1-10 turbines in the middle of nowhere. It’s when they bring ALL of their friends and throw an 8 county party with 3,200 megawatts that the neighbors really complain. Just keep the 1-10 turbines away from peak migration spots… and separate them by miles… or counties…
I bet in the winter on that island they sing a lot of verses of “Baby It’s Cold Outside!” brrrrr. Beautiful photos, Aaron. Thanks.
Major swell pictures. The light is quite a piece of work!