Lighting Observation 8
1. 2012-03-22, about 12:30 AM
2. Lights from the top floors of Estabrook tower glowing through the fog.
3. I’m used to the late night fog at Hofstra. I love the way the amber lamps (no, not Amber Lamps) in the parking lots glow in the fog. The halogen lights in the Liberty quad mean it’s almost daylight out there when the fog really moves in. Last night’s fog, meanwhile, was thicker than usual and when it shrouded the towers, their tops completely disappeared. Above the amber of the parking lots, the towers were pretty much dark (most everybody was either asleep or had blinds shut) until you got up to the 12th an 13th floors. Here, clean white light poured through the large windows, a beacon through the fog. With any definition of the building lost in the fog, the white lights just floated there. The white stood clean in the middle: Deep, cold blackness above and warm halogen below.
Now only a matter of time before the top floor lifts off into space.
3. 2. 1. Blast Off.
