The Light Goes Dark – Gay Head Lighthouse

On April 16, 2015, the Gay Head Light’s famous red/white flashing beacon was shut down, prior to the long process of moving the building to its new, safer location away from the cliff-edge.

Island photographer Albert O. Fischer captured the scene for us.

Approaching the Gay Head Lighthouse to douse the beacon
Keeper Richard Skidmore and Save the Gay Head Lighthouse committee building chairman, Len Butler after beacon is extinguished
ON to OFF
Last view of the cliffs from the current location
Lighthouse Keeper Richard Skidmore prepares to shut down the beacon
Last moment of the beacon's red flash, April 16, 2015
The quiet light