Point Vincente Lighthouse (Text Below)
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Located off Palos Verdes Drive in Los Angeles, the Point Fermin Lighthouse was built in 1926 on a cliff 100 feet above the surf. The 67 foot tower contains an extraordinarily powerful 1.1 million candlepower light and can be seen up to 20 miles at sea.
The tower is said to be residence to a lady ghost whose lover was lost at sea but the ghost like figures are really the work of the Fresnel lens that refracts light toward the ground in a confusion of arcs as it rotates.
A beautiful sight at sunset. The park adjacent to the lighthouse is a great place to whale-watch.