Roncali Lighthouse, Cabo San Antonio, Guanahacabibes Peninsular, National Park and Biosphere Reserve, Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

View of one of the two noon guns at Lion Battery on Signal Hill in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

The noon gun firing in Cape Town. The daily noon gun is Cape Town’s oldest living tradition and the two cannons used are the oldest guns in daily use in the world. They have marked the midday hour in the mother city in this distinctive, albeit noisy manner since early 1806. The cannons were cast in Britain in 1794 and still bear the royal crest of King George the third. The firing of the cannon was originally to give ships in the bay a means of re-setting their clocks accurately.

The Stafnesvíti lighthouse in Stafnes on Reykjanes in Iceland

Lion's Mane Jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) in the Baltic Sea, Germany, Europe

Isle of Lewis, part of the island Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Coast and lighthouse at the Butt of Lewis (Rubha Robhanais). Europe, Scotland, July

Coast of the North Atlantic near Vik y Myrdal during winter, the lighthouse at cape Dyrholaey. europe, northern europe, scandinavia, iceland, February

Isle of Lewis, part of the island Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Coast and lighthouse at the Butt of Lewis (Rubha Robhanais). Europe, Scotland, July

Isle of Lewis, part of the island Lewis and Harris in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. Coast and lighthouse at Tiumpan Head (Rubha an t Siumpain), Eye Peninsula. Europe, Scotland, July

A couple walking on the beach below the North Head Lighthouse at Cape Disappointment State Park near the mouth of the Columbia River, Washington State, Washington, United States of America

Woman in a long coat stands looking out over the Mediterranean Sea at sunset, with Capo Sandalo Lighthouse in the background, on San Pietro Island on the southwestern coast of Sardinia, Italy, Carloforte, South Sardinia, Italy

Beachy Head Lighthouse seen from the coast path above with glittering sea and a speedboat on a sunny day, East Sussex, UK, East Sussex, England

Scenic view of the coastal landscape with the Lighthouse at Faro Di Punta Spadillo in the National Park of Pantelleria Island at twilight, Pantelleria Island, Trapani, Sicily, Italy

Surf on cliffs at Skalasnagi, Snaefellsnes peninsula, west coast of Iceland, Iceland

Surf on cliffs and red lighthouse at Skalasnagi, Snaefellsnes peninsula, west coast of Iceland, Iceland

Cobblestone trail leading to Sandalo Lighthouse at sunset, Carloforte, South Sardinia, Italy

Capo Sandalo Lighthouse on San Pietro Island, on the southwestern coast of Sardinia, Italy, Carloforte, South Sardinia, Italy

Lighthouse on the island of San Giorgio Maggiore with a view of Piazza San Marco, the Campanile and the Doge's Palace, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Morning fog enhances the dramatic beauty of the waves crashing into the cliffs at Cape Disappointment Lighthouse at the mouth of the Columbia River in Southwest Washington, Washington, United States of America

Ponta das Contendas Lighthouse; Terceira, Azores, Portugal