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  • Lighthouse
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    / Identification

    Steadily burning lights are called fixed lights. For giving mariners accurate directional information in ports, harbors, and estuarial approaches, fixed directional lights display sharply defined red and green sectors. Another sensitive and very accurate method of giving directional instruction is by range lights, which are two fixed lights of different…

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    Steadily burning lights are called fixed lights. For giving mariners accurate directional information in ports, harbors, and estuarial approaches, fixed directional lights display sharply defined red and green sectors. Another sensitive and very accurate method of giving directional instruction is by range lights, which are two fixed lights of different…

    Read More