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Old 06-13-2006, 12:56 PM   #1
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6/13/2006: Lighthouse buried by growing sand dunes



Glatt finds this via a random Livejournal page, and points to resources to figure out what it is.

This is the Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse. In 1899 the Danes set out to build it on the North Sea shores. In December 27, 1900, it opened.

But the sands came, and came, and built up around it;



And by 1968 the sands had grown so high that the light couldn't be seen any longer, and so it was put out of use and kept only as a museum.

But the sands kept coming.



And by 2002, it was no longer a museum at all... it's abandoned to the sands.
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Old 06-13-2006, 01:25 PM   #2
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That first big image reminds me of the ending to Planet of the Apes. Kind of eerie.
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Old 06-13-2006, 01:34 PM   #3
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I think I saw that place in Myst
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Old 06-13-2006, 01:44 PM   #4
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What a waste. Did nobody care, or is there anything one could have done to stop it? Seems like the little wind fence thingies would have helped.

Maybe they could use this site to train up and coming archaeologists. Great shots.
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Old 06-13-2006, 02:15 PM   #5
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A wind fence tall enough to block a 20 foot dune would have to be at least 20 feet high - and solidly built. In which case, the lighthouse is blocked anyway, so what's the point?
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Old 06-13-2006, 03:00 PM   #6
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I'm surprised that they have so much sand flying around in the North Sea.
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Old 06-13-2006, 04:29 PM   #7
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It makes me wish for a Roomba the size of an ocean liner to clean everything up.
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Old 06-13-2006, 06:07 PM   #8
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I don't believe they stopped using it because it couldn't be seen anymore, as the light is well above the dunes.
More likely they couldn't maintain it with the buildings buried plus by 1968 they had good radar on the ships.
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Old 06-13-2006, 06:12 PM   #9
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Don't sand dunes move rather than grow?
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Old 06-13-2006, 06:37 PM   #10
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You may be right, usually, but they probably built this thing at a point where it interrupted the wind, causing it to dump whatever it was carrying around the lighthouse.
Once it starts to build the problem just gets worse. The wind probably blew plenty of sand away, too, but in 100 years it was a net gain, apparently.

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Old 06-13-2006, 07:52 PM   #11
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I used to live right next to two fairly tall, isolated, buildings right next to each other. It could be a perfectly calm day with virtually no wind, but when you walked between those two buildings, there would be a very strong wind gust. On a windy day the wind was very strong between the two buildings. You would have to struggle against it to walk through. It was amazing. From the air, they looked like two diamonds side by side. They acted as giant funnels.

The area is so built up now, the effect is completely diminished. While it lasted, I used to enjoy bringing visitors through there and telling them beforehand what was about to happen as we walked through.
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Old 06-13-2006, 08:08 PM   #12
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hmmm... wind power?
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Old 06-14-2006, 01:24 AM   #13
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Damn, so that's where all the sand from South Jersey is ending up!
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Old 06-14-2006, 10:06 AM   #14
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Don't sand dunes move rather than grow?
Sure. This one is moving from north central Africa to Norway.
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Old 06-14-2006, 05:49 PM   #15
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This is St Enodoc Church in Cornwall, England. The spire is wonky because the church was completely buried by sand dunes for many years, and the weight of the sand bent the spire. After a very long time (over a hundred years I think) the church gradually started to become uncovered as the sand dunes moved on. The locals opened a hole in the roof and climbed down a ladder to hold services inside. The church is now fully accessible again, and the dunes have become grassed over, although on one side the sand is still above window height.

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