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Icicles hang from trees next to the lighthouse and pier on Lake Erie, in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Dave Chidley/The Canadian Press/AP
The surf crashes on the rocks around Sima Simic, of Portland, Maine, while fishing for striped bass below Portland Head Light at Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, Monday, July 25, 2011. Robert F. Bukaty/AP
A huge wave crashed over a lighthouse in the northern Spanish village of Viavelez Nov. 5, 2009, as winds up to 100 kilometers per hour (62 m.p.h.) hit Spain's northern coast. Eloy Alonso/Reuters
South Korean police lighthouses and seagulls flying over the Dokdo islets are silhouetted in this picture taken from a South Korean ship, the Sambong-ho, April 4, 2005. Lee Jae-Won/Reuters
A Cuban couple kiss on Havana's famous Malecon seafront, in this picture taken April 21, 2004. The Malecon seafront promenade was built at the beginning of the 20th century and has since become the heart of Havana, where Cubans and tourists meet to talk, play music, fish and have romantic encounters. Juan Carlos Ulate/Reuters
A general view of Faro Colon, or the Christopher Columbus Lighthouse, in Santo Domingo Oct. 12, 2010. The lighthouse, usually closed to the public, is opened during Columbus Day to commemorate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Space shuttle Discovery lights up the night as it streaks across the sky past the 122-year-old Ponce de Leon Inlet lighthouse in Ponce Inlet, Fla., after an 11:59 p.m. lift-off from Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Friday, Aug. 28, 2009. Nigel Cook/Daytona Beach News-Journal/AP
The ice-covered Cleveland Harbor West Pierhead Lighthouse is seen momentarily illuminated by sunlight, near Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2010. High winds and subzero air temperatures caused waves to crash onto lighthouses and other aids to navigation all across the Great Lakes, and freeze, coating the structures and their lights in multiple layers of ice. Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen/U.S. Coast Guard/Reuters
Block Island, 12 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, is a popular haven for East Coast vacationers. The Southeast Light lighthouse is a favorite attraction of visitors. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff
A full moon hung above the Lake Michigan horizon, beside the Ludington, Mich., lighthouse before setting early Tuesday, Jan., 9, 2001. Andy Klevorn/Ludington Daily News/AP
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