“Transfer of Light”

Location: Heceta Head Lighthouse, Oregon (2018)

As the sun sets, its light is figuratively transferred to the lighthouse.

That a lighthouse can be a beacon of hope is not a mere figure of speech. This lighthouse’s beam can reach 21 miles offshore!

(To give you some perspective, standing at sea level you can see about 3 miles offshore on a clear day.)

Heceta Head Lighthouse is also one of the few lighthouses whose light still shines brightly off the Oregon coast. It’s a popular lighthouse to photograph.

In years past, a tree covered a large area of the lighthouse but has since been removed.