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Perched on a piece of land surrounded by the Pacific Ocean and located about 45 miles south of San Francisco along Highway 1 the Pigeon Point Lighthouse has stood here as an active aid to navigation for almost 140 years. The 115 ft. unreinforced tower, built from over a half-million locally produced bricks, has a lantern room that contains a first-order Fresnel lens comprised of 1,008 prisms. It was first lit on November 15, 1872. The lens stands 16 ft. tall, 6 ft. in diameter and weighs 8,000 pounds. Though the lens is no longer in use, the lighthouse is still an active US Coast Guard aid to navigation using a 24-inch Aero Beacon.

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Make:	NIKON CORPORATION
Model:	NIKON D300
Exposure:	0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture:	f/6.3
ISO Speed:	250
Focal Length:	20 mm
Lens:	17.0-35.0 mm f/2.8-4.0