Nugget Point Panorama - a photo on Flickriver

            Nugget Point is home to an iconic lighthouse and stunning coastline on the Otago Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The Nugget shaped rocks and seals below the lighthouse are easily viewed from the large platform just below the lighthouse and you can also view Roaring Bay to the South.
It is only a short walk to the lighthouse and viewing platform. The lighthouse was first lit on 4 July 1870 and the tower is constructed from locally quarried stone. The period when this was built was a busy era in NZ with many lighthouses built to help make our coastline safer. 
The lighthouse designer James Balfour actually travelled from England with the lighting equipment in 1863, as it was originally intended for the another Otago lighthouse at Cape Saunders. With the delays to that project the lighting set and lenses went into Nugget Point instead.
Originally powered by an oil burner, the lamp was replaced with electric in 1949. The diesel generator was replaced in the 1960s by connection to the main electricity grid. Then in 2006, the light was replaced with an LED beacon, and from 2020 the light is now powered from solar panels.
It is a great location for night photos, unfortunately it was not clear when we visited, and the moon was also rising, however quite happy with my image. The panorama is three frames stitched together. Would love to revisit again on a clear night with no moon.

   

Taken in: New Zealand / Otago / Otekura (show map)

Taken on: October 20, 2021

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Camera: Canon EOS R, f/8.0, 15 sec, 30mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R
Lens:	TAMRON SP 15-30mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A041
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	15
Focal Length:	30mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Windows)
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