21 April 2009

The Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse





Built in Jutland in 1900, abandoned to the shifting dunes in 2002. Photos from a set of 50 at Widelec.

A fascinating sequence (and some of the photos sadly document the tendency of people to scrawl graffiti everywhere). I'm reminded of a recent story (?Atlantic, ?Harpers) re the original sets of some Star Wars movies buried beneath the shifting sand dunes in the American southwest.

1 comment:

  1. It would have to be movies made after the first one for the sets. I thought the desert scenes for the first Star Wars (I guess that is Episode IV) movie was filmed "on location" in Tunisia.

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