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Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharologist
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All things lighthouse-related, with the occasional detour into maritime history, heritage preservation, and related fields, by an indifferent photographer, incorrigible bibliophile, and unlicensed pharologist. Remember -- typos mean it's real!
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Your Friendly Neighborhood Pharologist @pharology.bsky.social · Nov 22
"The lighthouse and the lightship appeal to the interest and better instinct of [humanity] because they are symbolic of never-ceasing watchfulness, of steadfast endurance in every exposure, of widespread helpfulness."

-- George Rockwell Putnam, US Commissioner of Lighthouses, 1910-1935.
pharology.bsky.social
#LighthouseArt of the Day

Claude #Monet (French, 1840-1926), A #seascape, shipping by #moonlight, 1864, oil on canvas.

Courtesy Scottish National Gallery, nationalgalleries.org/visit/scottish-national-gallery

#art #artsky #lighthouse #phare #impressionism #MarineArt #OilPainting #MaritimeArt
A sailboat and a steamship are at sail on a calm sea on a dark night under a sky full of heavy clouds. The moon is hidden by the clouds, but light streams through breaks in the clouds, casting a bright reflection on the water in the background. A lighthouse stands in the lower light corner, a point of light in its lantern.
November 11, 2025 at 1:59 PM
pharology.bsky.social
At 6pm and 11pm on Tuesday, November 11th, the #Telenord broadcasting network in #Italy will air a program on La Lanterna, the iconic #lighthouse of #Genoa. First built in 1128 and rebuilt in 1543, the 76m (247') tower is one of the oldest lighthouses in the world.

#faro #Italia #Genova
La Lanterna de Zena: a Telenord la storia del faro simbolo di Genova
Per 300 anni, il porto di Genova ha avuto due lanterne: quella di San Benigno e la più piccola Lanterna dei Greci, distrutta nel 1680 da una tempesta
telenord.it
November 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
pharology.bsky.social
A short documentary (in Greek) on the history of the Tourlitis #Lighthouse on the island of #Andros in the #Cyclades Archipelago, #Greece.

#φάρος #Άνδρος #Κυκλάδες #Ελλάδα
ISTORIMA S01 VIDEO 13 KATASKEVAZONTAS TO FARO SYMVOLO TIS ANDROU
YouTube video by Diamantis Bassantis (Διαμαντής Μπασαντής)
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 11:13 AM
pharology.bsky.social
The Bōno Misaki #Lighthouse walk will take place on November 24, beginnng at 9am in #Minamisatsuma, #Kagoshima, #Japan. Participants will walk the 3km (1.9m) path to the 1922 lighthouse at the southernmost tip of #Kyūshū while learning about local nature and history.

#灯台 #日本 #南さつま #鹿児島 #九州
坊ノ岬灯台周辺の歴史を散策する「坊ノ岬灯台ウォーク」を開催 - サードニュース
2025年11月24日に、坊ノ岬灯台周辺の歴史や植物を学びながら3キロをハイキングする「坊ノ岬灯台ウォーク」を開催！申込締切は11月17日です。
news.3rd-in.co.jp
November 11, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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rboomhower.bsky.social
“The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on.”
Joseph Heller, "Catch-22," published on this day in 1961
November 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
pharology.bsky.social
The story of the Green Island #Lighthouse in #Ohio -- or, more accurately, of the two ill-fated lighthouses that have stood at the site on #LakeErie beginning in 1855.

#GreatLakes #MaritimeHistory #CoastalHistory
Episode 90 - Green Island Lighthouse, Ohio
Podcast Episode · The Lighthouse Lowdown · 11/10/2025 · 27m
podcasts.apple.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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lincolnmaplady.bsky.social
The Needles #Lighthouse off the #IsleOfWight painted on an original #Nautical chart from 1962
Completed in 1859 for #TrinityHouse designed by James Walker. 31m high
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#WomanInBizHour #MHHSBD #FreeDelivery #OriginalArt #UKMakers #CraftBizParty
The Needles lighthouse
The Needles lighthouse off the coast of the Isle of Wight painted on an original nautical chart from 1962 f collected it will include the blue mount but if posting is required it will come in a tube w...
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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drandrewthaler.bsky.social
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.

The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.

The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.

Why?

It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
pharology.bsky.social
The Seal Island #Lighthouse Preservation Society (SILPS) in #NovaScotia, #Canada, has renewed its campaign to rally support for the renovation of the endangered 1831 lighthouse.
‘Another kick at the can’: Seal Island Lighthouse Preservation Society revamps effort to save historic structure
The Seal Island Lighthouse Preservation Society (SILPS) is once again getting ready to lobby the federal government to “do the right thing” and restore the historic Seal Island Lighthouse, which is fa...
www.saltwire.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
pharology.bsky.social
The 50th anniversary of the wreck of the #EdmundFitzgerald is only one example of the perils of #GreatLakes shipping through history; this week is also the 112th anniversary of the Great Lakes Storm of 1913, which claimed, among others, the #lightship "Buffalo" and its crew. (Paywalled article.)
Freshwater Fury: The five-day storm that turned the Great Lakes into a graveyard 112 years ago this week
Two-hundred fifty lives were lost, 19 ships stranded, and 19 more destroyed, including LV-82 Lightship Buffalo and its crew of six out of Buffalo, NY, offshore of Crystal Beach.
www.wellandtribune.ca
November 11, 2025 at 2:45 AM
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lhdirectory.bsky.social
Ceremonies today at the Split Rock and Whitefish Point Lighthouses marking the 50th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The Split Rock ceremony and Fresnel lens lighting will livestream on Fox9 Duluth at 4 pm Central Time. www.fox9.com/news/edmund-...
Live: Edmund Fitzgerald beacon lighting memorial ceremony at Split Rock Lighthouse
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank 50 years ago, on Nov. 10, 1975. Split Rock Lighthouse will host a 50th anniversary commemoration for the ship, including a beacon lighting and memorial for those lost in the...
www.fox9.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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lighthousehunter.bsky.social
30 seconds of calm at Pemaquid Point Lighthouse during sunrise
November 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
pharology.bsky.social
#LighthouseArt of the Day

Julius Petersen (Danish, 1851-1911), Scene from #Aarhus Harbor, 1901, oil on canvas.

Private collection, via Bruun-Rasmussen, bruun-rasmussen.dk

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#BlueSkyMonday #art #artsky #lighthouse #fyr #OilPainting #MaritimeArt #seascape #harborscape
A white lighthouse with a red-striped midsection and a weathervane at its top stands on a pier. In the background is a rough sea with white-capped waves. Beyond the lighthouse, the sea is rough with white-capped waves. Another smaller lighthouse or beacon is visible further down the pier. A man is standing on the pier, smoking a pipe and looking out to sea; two more figures are standing near the closer of the two lighthouses. A steamer is docked at the pier in the background, and another is at sail on the water, smoke rising from its smokestack.
November 11, 2025 at 2:27 AM
pharology.bsky.social
A conversation with Josh Liller, Historian and Collections Manager for the Loxahatchee River Historical Society and Jupiter Inlet #Lighthouse and Museum, as well as a historian for the  #Florida Lighthouse Association.

#museumsky #MaritimeHistory #CoastalHistory
Light Hearted Lite #32 – Florida lighthouse historian Josh Liller
Podcast Episode · Light Hearted · 11/09/2025 · 21m
podcasts.apple.com
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
pharology.bsky.social
#LighthouseArt of the Day

Isaac Lush (British, fl. 1858), HMS Euralys blockading Cronstadt, 1858, pen, ink, and #watercolor on paper.

Private collection, via Sotheby's, sothebys.com

#art #artsky #BritishArt #lighthouse #MaritimeArt #MarineArt
A white lighthouse stands on a small island on a calm sea. To its left a three-masted frigate is at sail. The sky is mostly cloudy with a few patches of blue. In the distance are the buildings of a port or town.
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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hookland.bsky.social
November’s early darkness enfolds us. The smell of applewood fires and rot is a constant companion at twilight. We hurry between home and evensong, home and pub. Ghosts crowd the lanes, our folklore becomes filled with tales of cold teeth. Winter begins to growl. - #CLNolan
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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lincolnmaplady.bsky.social
Small prints can make a lovely gift
#BishopRock #Lighthouse. 8 x 6 inches including mount
Three other designs on my website
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com/product/bish...
#UKGiftHour #UKGiftAM #MHHSBD #UKMakers #IslesOfScilly #ChristmasGiftIdeas
Bishop Rock Lighthouse
A small print with a mount of Bishop Rock Lighthouse off the Isles of Scilly on a plain white background giving impact to the colours Measures 6 x 8 inches comes and in a cello wrap
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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gardien2phare.bsky.social
Frappé par la foudre, le grand phare de l'Île Vierge était éteint depuis 2 jours. Il est rallumé!💡

Mais ça n'est encore que le feu de secours qui assure le signal, et il ne porte qu'à 7 milles nautiques environ (soit 13km), ce qui ne donne qu'un petit éclat toutes les 5 secondes:👇

Source: Viewsurf
November 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
pharology.bsky.social
A visit to the Burnt Island #Lighthouse in #Maine, featuring its keepers, Steve and Nancy McCullough. (Video in the link 👇)

(My 📸, August 2021)

www.boothbayregister.com/affiliate-po...
A lighthouse tower with a black iron lantern with red-tinted panes standing on a low rocky ledge by the sea
November 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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#LighthouseArt of the Day

Félix Édouard Vallotton (Swiss and French, 1865-1925), The jetty of Honfleur, 1920, oil on canvas.

Private collection, via Sotheby's, sothebys.com

#art #artsky #seascape #lighthouse #phare #LesNabis #FrenchArt
Figures are seating on a beach near a jetty on which a lighthouse stands. In the background is a calm bay with hills in the distance and a sky tinted with pastel hues.
November 8, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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lincolnmaplady.bsky.social
#Scarborough #Lighthouse with the Bathing Belle
This is an original painting on a #VintageMap from 1947
#Yorkshire #NorthYorkshire #YorkshireCoast
#WomanInBizHour #LincsConnect #UKMakers
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com/product/scar...
Scarborough Lighthouse
Scarborough Lighthouse on the coast of North Yorkshire painted on an original Ordnance Survey vintage map from 1947. 16 x 20 inches with mount, this will be sent in a tube so without mount. UK delive...
original-art-prints.sumupstore.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
pharology.bsky.social
Episode 2 of the TV program Vuurtorenverhalen (Lighthouse Stories) in the #Netherlands tells the story of the 1840 Burgh-Haamstede #Lighthouse. The lighthouse is 50m (163m) in height, and is the only lighthouse in the country with a spiral daymark.

#vuurtoren #Nederland #Zeeland
Vuurtorenverhalen: de vuurtoren van Burgh-Haamstede is de enige spiraal geschilderde vuurtoren van Nederland
In aflevering 2 van Vuurtorenverhalen staat de vuurtoren van Burgh-Haamstede centraal. Het is de enige spiraal geschilderde van het land.
www.maxvandaag.nl
November 7, 2025 at 4:05 PM
pharology.bsky.social
The Kadowakisaki #Lighthouse Tourism Promotion Consortium in #Itō, #Japan, is launching a mixed-reality immersive tour centered on the lighthouse. Participants can buy an "audio postcard" which will provide narration about the light and other historic sites as they move about the city.

#灯台 #伊東市 #日本
声優・小野友樹さんが案内、門脇埼灯台から巡る伊東の新体験ツアー開始 | 海と灯台プロジェクト
声優・小野友樹さんが案内、門脇埼灯台から巡る伊東の新体験ツアー開始 。海と灯台プロジェクトは「灯台」を中心に地域の海の記憶を掘り起こし、地域と地域、日本と世界をつなぎ、これまでにはない異分野・異業種との連携も含めて、新しい海洋体験を創造していくプロジェクトです。
toudai.uminohi.jp
November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
pharology.bsky.social
#LighthouseArt of the Day

Joseph Wright of Derby (British, 1734-1797), A moonlight with a #lighthouse, 1789, oil on canvas.

Courtesy National Gallery, nationalgallery.org.uk/

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#PharosFriday #ScapeDay #scape #art #artsky #OilPainting #landscape #harborscape #BritishArt
A tall lighthouse tower stands on a jetty in a harbor under the light of a full moon, an orange flame burning in its lantern. In the foreground, three figures are docking a sailboat. A hill rises in the background, topped by the walls and tower of a fortress. The walls of another building or fortification are just to the left of the lighthouse.
November 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
pharology.bsky.social
The #Lübeck #Lightship Association in #Germany will hold an "Open Ship" day on the Fehmarnbelt Lightship this Sunday, November 9, from 11am to 4pm.

#Feuerschiff #Deutschland #museumsky #lighthouse
Open Ship auf dem Feuerschiff
Lübeck - Innenstadt: Der Verein Feuerschiff für Lübeck e. V. lädt Groß und Klein zu einem besonderen Erlebnis ein: Bei unserem Open Ship öffnet der Verein d
www.hl-live.de
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM