ianbrooks:

Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California

Photo by Tyler Westcott, who says: “Once per year, on the anniversary of the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, the original fresnel lens (which has since been replaced with an unimpressive aerobeacon) is illuminated with a 1 kilowatt light and its impressive original appearance is restored. This was taken in 2007, on the 135th anniversary of the lighthouse, which was such an overwhelmingly foggy evening I nearly turned back to return home to San Francisco, as even the drive there felt unsafe. But once I settled into a place to capture the lighting, found the heavy fog only helped to emphasize the character of the original fresnel lens.”