Once per year, the original fresnel lens is lit at Pigeon Point lighthouse. This is my favorite shot from this years event. Taken as the light is getting set up, the sky still had beautiful sunset colors.

Once per year, the original fresnel lens is lit at Pigeon Point lighthouse. The lens sends out multiple beams of light which slowly but continuously rotate. On the long exposures needed for the night time photography, the beams all blur together.

Once per year, the original fresnel lens is lit at Pigeon Point lighthouse. The lens sends out multiple beams of light. Stage one of the lighting is the beams being left stationary as seen above. The second stage is putting the beams into rotation as they would have been during light house operations. It’s a marvelous sight and nothing like the fast rotation of the modern beam. The slowly rotating beams make you feel like you under a festive celestial big top.