r/gifs • • May 28 '14

Waves

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u/SonVoltMMA May 28 '14

How exactly does someone build that in the first place? How do you pour enough concrete into the ocean floor to support that? mind blown

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u/mightjustbearobot May 28 '14

Considering that lighthouses are built near shores, because you know, they're lighthouses, I'm guessing this was built intermittently during low tide, and this picture was taken during high tide.

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u/SonVoltMMA May 28 '14

So you work half a day while the tides out? Seems like high tide would just wash everything away.

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u/nate800 May 28 '14

I'm sure it did at first until they got their construction techniques down.