function photo(i,c,m,q,d,j,h,o,p,a,l,f,k,b,r,n,g,e){this.id=i;this.galleries_id=c;this.photo_ref=m;this.section_code=q;this.src=d;this.width=j;this.height=h;this.caption=o;this.home=p;this.gallery=a;this.description=l;this.takendate=f;this.photographer=k;this.location=b;this.item_price=r;this.purchase_instruction=n;this.payment_groups_id=g;this.server_id=e;this.src=getServerPath(this.server_id)+"/"+this.src}function gallery(e,c,d,b,a){this.id=e;this.featured_images=c;this.title=d;this.section_code=b;this.photoIDs=a}var backgrounds=new Object();backgrounds[74570]=new photo(74570,"7190","","gallery","LIVMF0052final-Perch-Rock-Lighthouse-at-Night-New-Brighton-The-Wirral-Merseyside.jpg",400,630,"",1,0,"<b>TWILIGHT SENTINAL</b><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nPerch Rock Lighthouse, also known by the names Black Rock and New Brighton Lighthouse, has been guarding the entrance to the River Mersey since 1830.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThis granite structure rises 90 feet above the bedrock of Liverpool Bay, standing at the very northeastern corner of the Wirral Peninsular.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nFinally decommissioned for the use of shipping in 1973, the lighthouse has been refurbished in recent years and once more shines a beam of light across the bay, more as a tourist attraction than for the use of today's modern seafarers. <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nLow tide is the best time to record the structure, where the rock pools left by the ebbing tide provide an ideal foreground to record its fabulous reflection.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nAlthough there is no substitute for meticulously researching a location before a shoot, luck is also an indispensable element of photography and this was the case for this image.  <br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\nThe weather enroute to Perch Rock was not looking too promising with a grey layer of cloud filling the horizon.  However, just discernable below this was a gap of clear light.  <br>\r\nIt was this break that produced the stunning trickle of red below the cloud line.  Then as night fell the cloud broke up and vanished.<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n","","","New Brighton, The Wirral, Merseyside","","","",1);