Gallery — The Glass

Lighthouses

A dozen lighthouses across US and Canadian coasts, across seasons and weather conditions. Nine photographed — the Atlantic in a February nor'easter, the Pacific at golden hour, Lake Superior frozen in January. Three rendered in older styles: a Winslow Homer–inspired watercolor, a 19th-century steel-plate engraving, a Hokusai-style woodblock print.

Portland Head Light, Maine, during a winter nor'easter — Portland Head Light Cape Elizabeth, Maine · Winter nor'easter

Cape Hatteras Lighthouse at summer twilight — Cape Hatteras Outer Banks, North Carolina · Summer twilight

Pigeon Point Lighthouse in coastal fog — Pigeon Point San Mateo County, California · Coastal fog

Cape Flattery Light on Tatoosh Island in an autumn gale — Cape Flattery Light Tatoosh Island, Washington · Autumn gale

Boston Light at a calm June dawn — Boston Light Little Brewster Island, Massachusetts · Calm June dawn

Split Rock Lighthouse above Lake Superior in January — Split Rock Lighthouse North Shore, Lake Superior · January cold

Peggy's Cove Lighthouse after a thunderstorm, with a rainbow — Peggy's Cove Nova Scotia · Rainbow after storm

West Quoddy Head Light in coastal fog at dawn — West Quoddy Head Light Easternmost Point, Maine · Fog at dawn

Heceta Head Lighthouse on the Oregon coast at golden hour — Heceta Head Oregon coast · Summer golden hour

Watercolor study of a New England lighthouse in a storm — New England, in a storm Watercolor study · After Winslow Homer

Steel-plate engraving of a lighthouse beacon at night — Beacon at night 19th-century steel-plate engraving

Ukiyo-e woodblock print of a lighthouse and a cresting wave — Lighthouse and wave Ukiyo-e woodblock print · After Hokusai

Images generated with Google Gemini 2.5 Flash Image from collaborative prompts. Each scene researched for geographic accuracy — real lighthouses, real coastlines, plausible weather.