Spectacular Sunset- Pigeon Point Lightstation
by Harold Rau
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Spectacular Sunset- Pigeon Point Lightstation
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Harold Rau
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Photograph - Photography
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Pigeon Point Light Station Coastal Highway CA-1 Historic Northern California State Park
HISTORY: Perched on a cliff on the central California coast, 50 miles south of San Francisco, the 115-foot Pigeon Point Lighthouse, one of the tallest lighthouses in America, has been guiding mariners since 1872. Its five-wick lard oil lamp, and first-order Fresnel lens, comprised of 1,008 prisms, was first lit at sunset, November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 feet tall, 6 feet in diameter, and weighs 2,000 pounds. Now on display in the fog signal building, it sat in a lantern room constructed at the Lighthouse Service's general depot in New York before being shipped around the Horn. Although the original Fresnel lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active U.S. Coast Guard aid to navigation using an automated LED beacon. (From CA.gov)
I have always loved the Pigeon Point Light Station. Years ago when I lived in the Bay Area, I would drive over to the coast and photograph this light house. Often, when I'm back in Northern California visiting relatives I will make a trip over to the coast to photograph it. Such was the case on a recent trip.
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November 22nd, 2023
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