Cabrillo National Monument and Point Loma Lighthouse (old & new ones) Time Lapse

Cabrillo National Monument is located at the southern tip of the Point Loma Peninsula in San Diego, California. It commemorates the landing of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo at San Diego Bay on September 28, 1542. This event marked the first time that a European expedition had set foot on what later became the West Coast of the United States. On October 14, 1913, by presidential proclamation, Woodrow Wilson reserved 0.5 acres (2,000 m2) of Fort Rosecrans for "The Order of Panama . . . to construct a heroic statue of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo." By 1926 no statue had been placed and the Order of Panama was defunct, so Calvin Coolidge authorized the Native Sons of the Golden West to erect a suitable monument] The heroic statue of Cabrillo, looking out over the bay, was executed by sculptor Alvaro de Bree for the Portuguese Government in 1939, who then donated it to the United States. The sandstone monument is 14 feet (4.3 m) tall and weighs 14,000 pounds (6,400 kg).

At the highest point of the park stands the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, which has been a San Diego icon since 1854. The lighthouse was closed in 1891, and a new one opened at a lower elevation, because fog and low clouds often obscured the light at its location 129 meters (422 feet) above sea level. Visitors may enter the lighthouse and view some of the living areas there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabrillo_National_Monument

Cabrillo National Monument Foundation
http://www.cnmf.org/

Music is "Drifting Home" by Ottoman http://www.last.fm/music/Ottoman

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[braejas]

Awesome!!! the first part of the timelapse doesnt happen to be taken on Sunday 1-30-2011 around noonish does it???

[slworking2]

@braejas Thanks. And yeah, we were there on the 30th of January. :-)

[cabrillo1542]

Beautiful video of my favorite place. VERY nice.

[slworking2]

@cabrillo1542 Thanks Mike.

[morgrar]

Love it. Thanks for this. I'm always a fan of your time lapse videos.

[slworking2]

@morgrar Thanks Cloud Man. :-) I'll definitely be shooting and posting some more.

[braejas]

@slworking2 You happened to catch our ship coming in from our whale watching tour. @ 0:08 you can see the ship come in from our tour. We cruise over to the bait barge and check out the sea lions!! I recognized it right away!! Awesome timing haha Great Vid

[slworking2]

@mrsurfen Thx.

[slworking2]

@bossco2001 Thanks bossco.

[slworking2]

@saintjason Thanks Haw-Sewn.

[saintjason]

uber cool!