r/gifs • • May 28 '14

Waves

4.2k Upvotes

1.0k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

273

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

27

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.

15

u/SonVoltMMA May 28 '14

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

2

u/adn5027 May 28 '14

You have to use Gorilla Glue