A photograph taken on June 10, 2021 shows the Cordouan lighthouse at night off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keeper Nicolas Quezel-Guerraz, 43, walks the stairs of the entrance of the Cordouan lighthouse off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keepers Thomas Dalisson (L), 38, and Nicolas Quezel-Guerraz, 43, check their plannings at the Cordouan lighthouse off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keeper Nicolas Quezel-Guerraz, 43, stands by the lamp of the Cordouan lighthouse at low tide off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keeper Nicolas Quezel-Guerraz, 43, cleans the lamp of the Cordouan lighthouse off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
The sunset is seen from a window of the Cordouan lighthouse off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keeper Thomas Dalisson, 38, stands by the lamp of the Cordouan lighthouse off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keepers Thomas Dalisson (R), 38, and Nicolas Quezel-Guerraz, 43, look at the ocean as they stand on top of the Cordouan lighthouse at low tide off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keeper Thomas Dalisson, 38, cleans the floor of the chapel of the Cordouan lighthouse at low tide off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
Lighthouse keeper Thomas Dalisson, 38, cleans the electric generators of the Cordouan lighthouse at low tide off the coast of Le Verdon-sur-Mer, southwestern France on June 10, 2021. Philippe LOPEZ / AFP.
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