Light from the past

 
Even though it is against the unwritten rules of urban exploration I took this bulb while visiting a house that has been abandoned for more than 30 years.


TESLA Made in Czechoslovakia 240 volts 40 watts

Later in my garage I used a power regulator to light it up gently while turning it on for the first time after more than 30 years of darkness and now after all those years it shines again!

It is light from the past ..at least metaphorically.


"Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom,
Lead Thou me on!
The night is dark, and I am far from home,
Lead Thou me on!”

’Lead, Kindly Light’ by John Henry Newman, 1833


<sub>n.b. Lead, Kindly Light was sung by a soloist on the RMS Titanic during a hymn-singing gathering led by Rev. Ernest C. Carter, shortly before the ocean liner struck an iceberg on April 14, 1912.




Camera: Nikon D3s
Lens: Nikkor AF-S 14-24mm f/2.8G
Focal length: 14 mm
Aperture: f/2,8
Shutter Speed: 1/13 s
ISO: 100
Metering: matrix
Exposure mode: manual
Flash: no
Tripod: Manfrotto 190XPROB tripod + 498RC2 ball head

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