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I revisited Ned's Point and the lighthouse in Mattapoisett recently, I have previosly shared this post about it, but this time I went there when I was trying to capture some light trails with my gopro (which to be honest I had mediocre success with), but while the gopro was doing its thing I did walk around to get some steps in and get more shots of the Lighthouse and the park.
All of these shots are long exposures of around 30 seconds as it was still pretty dark at the time, this first shot shows the lighthouse and some of the green area around it, with the moon over the lighthouse

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For those who missed the previous post, I am reusing some text from that post below and so I dont get accused of plagarisn of myself I will add it as the source
Ned Point Light as it is official called I believe is a historic lighthouse on Ned's Point Road in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts.
The lighthouse was built in 1838 at a cost of approximately $5,000, and named after Ned Dexter, a local farmer. Supervised by a local builder, Leonard Hammond, the lighthouse was constructed with a birdcage-style lantern similar to Bird Island Light found in Marion, Massachusetts.

All the stone used for the construction of the lighthouse was locally sourced, with most of it originating from nearby beaches.

Inside, Which I didn't get to see, are 32 granite steps that are cantilevered to the outside wall without the use of mortar. The original lantern used 11 whale oil lamps, each with its own parabolic reflector. And like other lighthouses I have read up on around here the Whale oil no doubt came from the New Bedford Whaling ships.

The Great Blizzard of 1888 significantly damaged the keeper's stone house, resulting in it being demolished and the building of a wooden replacement.

Following modernization in 1961, the lighthouse was reactivated in 1961 with its current 6-second isophase.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

Its a lovely spot to visit the lighthouse on a green field , which was very damp that morning my shoes got soaked through on that mornings walk

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This next shot to show the field around the lighthouse, and a little hut off to the right, there is also behind me a rest room building

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the same hut and the lighthouse from another angle, I like this spot for the view of the lighthouse and across the water, whenver I go there I walk in circles around the non paved road surrounding this field and the car park, each time I have bene there in the early morning there has been very few people there os it is so peaceful

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For this next shot I am standing in the car park beside my car, this spot wasnt good for light trails because of too much man made light also called light pollution by those who do a lot of Astro or star trail photos, you can see it with the lights lighting up the green area

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And that’s all folks

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!pinmapple 41.650818 lat -70.795369 long Ned's Point Lighthouse Mattapoisett MA d3scr