CAPE CANAVERAL LIGHTHOUSE On May 21, 1838, Florida Territorial delegate Charles Downing requested a lighthouse be built on Cape Canaveral. The first lighthouse completed in Jan. 1848 and stood 65-feet tall, had a 55 foot tower and a 10-foot lantern …
The Sun sets behind the Cape Canaveral Lighthouse on a cool February evening. As the sun sets it reflects off of the 151 foot black and white striped structure and as we glance east over the Atlantic ocean we see …
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The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse surrounded by early morning fog is both beautiful and surreal. Sometimes it looks like the Lighthouse is floating off of the ground with low hanging fog hiding it’s lower base. Most of The Cape is undeveloped …
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Launch Complex 19 Highlights Cape Canaveral in 3D BR2264- Launch Complex 19 Launch Stand, Ramp.This historic launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, is unique in character. The complex is a deactivated launch site used by NASA to …
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Over the last 15 years while working at “The Cape” I’ve had the opportunity to photograph the Cape Canaveral lighthouse both on the way to work and on the way home. I’ve also researched looking for any history and old …
Nestled near the tip of Cape Canaveral lies a very unique launch complex constructed in 1957. At first sight you would not recognize it as a typical launching pad for rockets, instead of launching vertical, the rockets are launched horizontal …
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Evening colors! One of the perks of working out at the Space Center is that it’s located on a wildlife refuge and there is very little development – especially at the beach and along the rivers. Over the past thirty …
The sun rises over launch sites at Cape Canaveral. Launch sites 9 & 10 along with sites 31/32. The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse stands guard over all the unused and historic sites today.
Some pictures from atop Launch Complex 46 – soon to be the site of the Orion Assent-Abort 2 (AA-2) test flight. Modifications to the launch complex are in work for the Pad Abort Test of the Launch Abort System (LAS) …
What is it about seeing a Lighthouse’s that invokes a feeling that reaches deep inside of us and harkens back to a past long forgotten? The history and nostalgia of each lighthouse and the Keepers of the light and how they played a …
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