LOTD: Potengi
(from: http://www.ibiblio.org/lighthouse/brne.htm)
Potengi (Pedra do Rosário)
Date unknown. Active; focal plane 7 m (23 ft); green flash every 3 s. 5 m (16 ft) square concrete tower painted with green and white horizontal bands. Adjacent to the light is a tall column carrying a statue of Nossa Senhora da Apresentação (Our Lady of Presentation), traditional patron saint of Natal. Laercio Sousa has a photo and Google has a satellite view. Located on a plaza (the Pedra do Rosário or Rosario Stone) overlooking the Rio Potengi in downdown Natal. Site open, tower closed. BR-1164; Admiralty G0180.6; NGA 17872.
(full image found here; ©Laercio Sousa)












