The light towers at Melbourne Cricket Ground are as iconic as the stadium itself, and this month marks 39 years since they were first installed and switched on.
Light tower 1
Photo looking up at the top of a large, stadium light tower on a partly cloudy day. The trapezium-shaped array of powerful lights has been placed on a thick, white coloured tower that has the number 1 written on it.
Light tower 5, next to the Ponsford Stand
Photo looking up, along the side of a massive sports stadium, at a light tower on a partly cloudy day. The tower has the number 5 written on it.
Seats, lights, and flags
Photo looking almost straight up along the side of a sports stadium. In the left of the photo is the underside of a seating stand (the Ponsford Stand), in the centre is a tall light tower, on the right (at the very top of the stadium wall) is a set of five flagpoles with various flags on them.
Looking up along light tower 5
Photo looking straight up along the side of a large, white, stadium light tower on a partly cloudy day.
Light tower 2
Photo of a stadium light tower taken from inside a sports stadium. A large number 2 is written at the top of the light tower. In front of this tower is the top of the stadium, on which there are flags flying on five flagpoles.