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Contest #524 Hint

This one is pretty hard, so we are giving 3 hints:

1) Not the tallest, but has a much higher focal height.
2) We had to cut the copyright statement off of the image — it read “Image ©2017 SRES DRIGOT”
3) And yes, it continues the theme.

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Contest #523 – Storozhenskiy Lighthouse, Lake Lagoda, Russia

Storozhenskiy is among the tallest “traditional” lighthouses in the world. Built in 1911, this sits on the eastern side of Lake Lagoda. During the WW2 Siege of Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Soviet forces held a portion of the western shore of the lake, and this became one of the only ways to get supplies into the city during the 4 years of the siege.

The lighthouse is accessable and, by contacting the operator, you can take these stairs to the top.

Those who found this site were:

  • Eloy Cano
  • Walter_V_R
  • Jeather
  • Garfield
  • Lighthouse
  • hhgygy
  • Phil Ower

After the hint:

  • Blaze
  • mehmet durmus
  • Lance Finney
  • Gillian B
  • Andy McConnell
  • Chris Nason
  • Declan Moore
  • JF
  • Tuxedo Jones
  • rob de wolff
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Contest #522 – Milnerton Lighthouse, South Africa

Located in Table Bay, near Cape Town, this lighthouse was built in 1960. Its red sector covers Robbin Island, where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned until 1982 (hence, the hint).

Milnerton Lighthouse, Western Cape, South Africa

Those who saw the light:

  • Lighthouse
  • Phil Ower
  • Eloy Cano
  • Garfield
  • Rob de Wolff
  • Glenmorren
  • hhgygy
  • mehmet durmus
  • Andy McConnell

And after the hint:

  • Lance Finney
  • Gillian B
  • Declan Moore
  • Streaming Doc
  • Tuxedo Jones
  • Blaze
  • David Kozina
  • Jeather
  • Chris Nason
  • Robin
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Contest #521: Joan of Arc Execution Site, Place du Vieux Marche, Rouen, France

On a late May day in 1431, the French Catholic soldier Jeanne d’Arc, or Joan of Arc, was burned at the stake by the British in the town of Rouen, France.

She had been a wildly successful soldier and leader for the French in the Hundred Years’ War, even though she was only 17 when she started fighting. But in May of 1430, she was captured and turned over to the British.

She was accused of heresy and cross-dressing (for wearing military clothing), which, combined, gave the British bishop all he needed to order her death.

Of course, by then, the tables had turned and the French ended up winning the war. The French considered her a hero, an example of virtue and bravery. Nearly 500 years after her death, she was canonized as St. Joan in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV.

Those who found this site before the hint were:

  • Garfield
  • Lighthouse
  • Phil Ower
  • Eloy Cano

and after the hint:

  • Andy McConnell
  • David Kozina
  • Chris Nason
  • Blaze