This intense heat they project in a parallel beam against any object they choose, by means of a polished parabolic mirror of unknown composition, much as the mirror of a lighthouse projects a beam of light.

VOA: special.2010.09.01

The lighthouse will not have a light on top, but a conservatory with solar panels.

BBC: Glastonbury carpenter has lighthouse home plan

The road and the mountains run out at the Cap de Creus lighthouse which sends flashes of light into the dusk.

BBC: Over the Pyrenees to Dali��s house

Lighthouse authority Trinity House plans to switch off Godrevy light on the edge of St Ives Bay by 2010.

BBC: NEWS | UK | England | Cornwall | Lighthouse switch-off considered