Andy Fraser’s Night Photography Blog has information about an opportunity to photograph the Pigeon Point Lighthouse while the original fresnel lens light is in operation. The event is this Saturday Friday, November 17. I’m hoping to be there.

Here is some information from Andy’s site:

California State Parks, Pigeon Point Hostel, and the United States Coast Guard will commemorate the 135th Anniversary of the first lighting of Pigeon Point Lighthouse. This annual event features an open house in the historic fog signal building from 10am until 7pm. The highlight of the evening is from 6-8pm when the historic lighthouse?s Fresnel Lens lights up the sky. Exhibits in the 1899 Fog Signal Building will feature lighthouse history, videos, marine mammals, and the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park is located between San Francisco and Santa Cruz on Highway 1, about 50 miles south of San Francisco, or 25 miles north of Santa Cruz. For more information, please call (650) 879-2120 or click here.

Visit Andy’s blog (click on the link in the first paragraph above) to read more and to see a few photographs.