GRAND MARAIS, MI – The iconic Fresnel lens is finally visible at this lighthouse in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, officials announced. After years behind curtains, the 3rd order Fresnel lens atop the Au ...
Point Sur Lightstation is getting its original First-Order Fresnel lens back.The United States Coast Guard signed off on returning the 1887 Fresnel back to Point Sur on Monday and the work to get it ...
HATTERAS - A shipwreck museum indeed may be the most fitting place for the remains of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse’s original Fresnel lens. With its former majesty picked away by vandals and salvagers ...
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. In the early nineteenth century, ...
Nearly two years ago, Wearality created a unique Fresnel lens for VR headsets offering a claimed 150 degree field of view. The company successfully funded a VR viewer featuring the lens called ...
GRAVES LEDGE, BOSTON HARBOR — Dave Waller and Bobby Sager are used to taking on daunting projects. A decade ago, they bid against each other at the government auction for Graves Light, a historic ...
The Point San Luis Lighthouse’s original 4 th order lens has been around since 1878. The light no longer shines but is now on display at the top of Point San Luis. Cleaning a 144-year-old lens takes ...
On Monday, expert lampist Chad Kaiser got to work disassembling the more than 100-year-old Fresnel lens at the Dali Museum in Monterey. “Compared with several other lenses around the country, it is in ...