Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Aug 8, 2024

Happy National Lighthouse Day.

Here is the famous La Jument ("the mare") lighthouse in Brittany, Northwestern France and some pics of its construction in 1906-1911.

The famous bottom pic was taken by Jean Guichard from a helicopter in 1989 when lightkeeper Théodore Malgorn stepped out to see the helicopter and quickly ducked in as the ferocious waves engulfed the lighthouse.

Image sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jument
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2019.0011
#LightHouse #LightHouseDay #LaJument
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La Jument - Wikipedia

Show threadAkaSci 🛰️Aug 8, 2023

The famous La Jument ("the mare") lighthouse in Brittany, Northwestern France and some pics of its construction in 1906-1911.

The famous bottom pic was taken by Jean Guichard from a helicopter in 1989 when lightkeeper Théodore Malgorn stepped out to see the helicopter and quickly ducked in as the ferocious waves engulfed the lighthouse.

Image sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Jument
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsta.2019.0011
#LightHouse #LightHouseDay #LaJument #France
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La Jument - Wikipedia

VentetoDec 18, 2022

Accidentally discovered this 1989 photo series of a keeper of the #LaJument #lighthouse in #Brittany nearly killed by a huge wave, when he mistook the photographer's helicopter for a rescue helicopter and opened the lower door of the lighthouse, unaware that a massive wave was crashing against the opposite side of the structure at that moment

More info:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/la-jument-lighthouse-photo/

https://www.jean-guichard.com/en/search?keywords=jument&ref=&classification=&format=All

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/8p92dv/a_massive_wave_hits_a_lighthouse_off_the_coast_of/

Is the La Jument Lighthouse Photo Real?

In the picture, a man stands in the doorway seemingly unaware of the massive wave that's hitting the other side of the lighthouse.

Snopes