This photo, taken by Jean Guichard, initially looks like a painting. The situation captured in it seems so improbable that you'd naturally assume it was a work of fiction. But it isn't, it's completely real. The lighthouse surrounded by walls of water is the Phares dans la Tempete, sitting just off the coast of Brittany in France, and the storm closing in around it is every bit as dangerous as it seems.
Ironically, the name of the lighthouse translates into English as 'Lighthouse in the storm', so you could argue that whoever named it was asking for trouble! Although the man standing in the doorway looks perfectly calm, that's actually lighthouse keeper Theodore Malgorne trying to attract the attention of rescuers. He has a full crew inside the lighthouse, also needing help. The picture was taken in 1989; long before the age of Photoshop.