Sentence examples for light beacon from inspiring English sources
An operator in Sunnyvale turns on G4′s light beacon, which sits atop a 3-foot mast containing a weather station, and Captain Gary Buholm slowly circles until the robot appears behind a wave surrounded by fish sheltering in its shadow.
Other equipment include spider-tracers (spider-shaped adhesive homing beacons keyed to his own spider-sense), a light beacon which can either be used as a flashlight or project a "Spider-Signal" design, and a specially modified camera that can take pictures automatically.
The Heidelberg Spectralis utilizes a broadband light source centered at 870 nm (i.e., no visible light "beacon") to simultaneously measure multiple wavelengths, a prerequisite of SD-OCT imaging.
Rotating light beacons mark airports at night and during periods of low visibility.
By 1924, coast-to-coast airmail service had developed, using light beacons to guide open-cockpit planes at night.
For Bruno Peek, the Queen's pageant master, the operation to light beacons across the UK and throughout the Commonwealth, leading to the last beacon being lit by the Queen herself last night, was the highlight of the celebrations.
The airmail pilots followed light beacons, railroad tracks, roads and rivers, and when they neared their destination, looked for steeples, rooftop markings, smokestacks and holes in the clouds.
And on Friday the Queen led a ceremony to light beacons across the UK.
Religious buildings planning to light beacons include the Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Hindu Temple, in Oldbury, in the West Midlands, and St Mary's Parish church, an Anglican church in Moseley, Birmingham.
The design features several elements that include light beacons resembling signal towers, mirrored sculptures and projections that will combine with the music to compose a sublimely orchestrated audiovisual spectacle.
The earliest navigation aids were lighted beacons along the ground; these suffered obvious problems during adverse weather and were replaced by radio direction-finding equipment.
