Lighthouse Enola Gay
                     LIGHTHOUSE ENOLA GAY by Roy 
Gross
• Description: A frame of four equilateral triangles forming a pyramid.
• Base dimensions 10m by 10m.
• Illuminated from inside by projectors. 
• Draped with translucent, printed canvas creating sillhouetes\'shadows' of the 
images when viewed in the dark.
LIGHTHOUSE ENOLA GAY
• A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of 
lamps and lenses and to serve as a navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland 
waterways.
• Enola Gay Lighthouse draws it's imagery from the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan at the 
end of the Second World War.
• Species extinct for millions of years , before the age of mammals, together with species that have 
disappeared more recently, some by man.
• It stands to bring attention to many issues that concern our lives on the globe. Clean water, climate 
change, distribution of resources, over population, the concequinces of hate, prejudice and greed.
• Generally, lighthouses have been: beacons of civilization, architectural icons, symbols of human 
presence and safety, and navigational guides. They have also represented: a rugged coastal lifestyle, 
protection, salvation, guidance, illumination, never-ceasing watchfulness, steadfast endurance, and 
helpfulness.
ENOLA GAY
 The Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after 
Enola Gay Tibbets, the mother of the pilot, Colonel Paul Tibbets. On 6 
August 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first 
aircraft to drop an atomic bomb.
HIROSHIMA     NAGASAKI
 Hiroshima is best remembered as the first city targeted by a nuclear weapon, when the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) 
dropped an atomic bomb on the city at 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945.[ Most of the city was destroyed, and by the end of the year 
90,000–166,000 had died as a result of the blast and its effects
 American atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki made Nagasaki the second and, to date, last city in the world to 
experience a nuclear attack (at 11:02 a.m., August 9, 1945 'Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)').
ATOMIC SHADOWS
It is thought that the person had been sitting on the stone step waiting for the bank to open when the heat 
from the bomb burned the surrounding stone white and left their shadow. A black deposit was also found 
on the shadow.
BABY CARRIAGE
 Battleship Potemkin 1925: Runaway Baby Carriage During Odessa Steps Massacre 
MOA
Moa were nine species (in six genera) of now-extinct flightless birds endemic to New 
Zealand. The two largest species, Dinornis robustus and Dinornis novaezelandiae, reached 
about 3.6 m (12 ft) in height with neck outstretched, and weighed about 230 kg (510 lb). It 
is estimated that, when Polynesians settled New Zealand circa 1280, the moa population 
was about 58,000. Moa extinction occurred around 1300–1440 ±20 years, primarily due to 
overhunting by the Māori.
WOOLLY 
RHINOCEROS
Recent radiocarbon dating indicates that populations survived as recently as 8,000 BC in western Siberia. However, the 
accuracy of this date is uncertain, as several radiocarbon plateaus exist around this time. The extinction does not 
coincide with the end of the last ice age, but does coincide with a minor yet severe climatic reversal that lasted for about 
1,000–1,250 years, the Younger Dryas (GS1—Greenland Stadial 1), characterized by glacial readvances and severe 
cooling globally, a brief interlude in the continuing warming subsequent to the termination of the last major ice 
age.Recent radiocarbon dating indicates that populations survived as recently as 8,000 BC in western Siberia. However, 
the accuracy of this date is uncertain, as several radiocarbon plateaus exist around this time. The extinction does not 
coincide with the end of the last ice age, but does coincide with a minor yet severe climatic reversal that lasted for about 
1,000–1,250 years, the Younger Dryas (GS1—Greenland Stadial 1), characterized by glacial readvances and severe 
cooling globally, a brief interlude in the continuing warming subsequent to the termination of the last major ice age
BRONTOSAURUS
Brontosaurus had a long, thin neck and a small head adapted for a herbivorous 
lifestyle; a bulky, heavy torso; and a long, whip-like tail. The various species 
lived during the Late Jurassic epoch in the Morrison Formation of 
what is now North America, and were extinct by the end of the Jurassic.[5] Adult 
individuals of Brontosaurus are estimated to have weighed up to 15 tonnes (15 
long tons; 17 short tons) and measured up to 22 metres (72 ft) long.
EXTINCT BIRDS
Over 190 species of birds have become extinct since 1500, and the rate of extinction 
seems to be increasing. The situation is exemplified by Hawaii, where 30% of all known 
recently extinct bird taxa originally lived. Other areas, such as Guam, have also been hit 
hard; Guam has lost over 60% of its native bird taxa in the last 30 years, many of them 
due to the introduced brown tree snake.Currently there are approximately 10,000 living 
species of birds, with an estimated 1,200 considered to be under threat of extinction.
PROCOPTODON
The genus was present until at least about 50,000 years ago before going extinct, although some 
evidence indicates it may have survived to as recently as 18,000 years ago. Its extinction may have 
been due to climate shifts during the Pleistocene, or to human hunting.
ALBERTOSAURUS
Albertosaurus (/ælˌbɜːrtəˈsɔːrəs/; meaning "Alberta lizard") is a genus of 
tyrannosaurid theropod dinosaurs that lived in western North America 
during the Late Cretaceous Period, about 70 million years ago. The 
type species, A. sarcophagus, was apparently restricted in range to the 
modern-day Canadian province of Alberta, after which the genus is named.
DODO
Even though the rareness of the dodo was reported already in the 17th century, its extinction was not 
recognized until the 19th century. This was partly because, for religious reasons, extinction was not 
believed possible until later proved so by Georges Cuvier, and partly because many scientists doubted that 
the dodo had ever existed. It seemed altogether too strange a creature, and many believed it a myth. The 
bird was first used as an example of human-induced extinction in Penny Magazine in 1833, and has since 
been referred to as an "icon" of extinction .The dodo's significance as one of the best-known extinct 
animals and its singular appearance led to its use in literature and popular culture as a symbol of an 
outdated concept or object, as in the expression "dead as a dodo," which has come to mean 
unquestionably dead or obsolete. Similarly, the phrase "to go the way of the dodo" means to become 
extinct or obsolete, to fall out of common usage or practice, or to become a thing of the past. "Dodo" is 
also a slang term for a stupid, dull-witted person, as it was supposedly stupid and easily caught
SMILODON
Smilodon is a genus of the extinct machairodont subfamily of the felids. It is 
one of the most famous prehistoric mammals, and the best known 
saber-toothed cat. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it 
was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats. Smilodon lived in the 
Americas during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya–10,000 years 
ago). Smilodon died out at the same time that most North and South American 
megafauna disappeared, about 10,000 years ago.
ALLOSAURUS
Allosaurus (/ˌæləˈsɔːrəs/[2][3]) is a genus of carnivorous theropod dinosaur that lived 
155 to 145 million years ago during the late Jurassic periodAllosaurus was a large 
bipedal predator. Its skull was large and equipped with dozens of sharp, serrated teeth. 
It averaged 9.5 metres (31 ft) in length, though fragmentary remains suggest it could 
have reached over 12 m (39 ft).
WOOLLY 
MAMMOTH
 Different woolly mammoth populations did not die out simultaneously across their range, but gradually 
became extinct over time. Most populations disappeared between 14,000 and 10,000 years ago. The last 
mainland population existed in the Kyttyk Peninsula of Siberia 9,650 years ago. A small population of woolly 
mammoths survived on St. Paul Island, Alaska, well into the Holocene with the most recently published date 
of extinction being 5,600 years B.C. The last known population remained on Wrangel Island in the 
Arctic Ocean until 4,000 years ago, well into the start of human civilization and concurrent with the 
construction of the Great Pyramid of ancient Egypt.
ARCHAEOPTERYX
Archaeopteryx (/ˌɑːrkiːˈɒptərɪks/, transl. 'old wing'; sometimes referred to by its 
German name Urvogel (transl. 'original bird' or 'first bird')), is a genus of bird-like 
dinosaurs that is transitional between non-avian feathered dinosaurs and modern 
birds.Archaeopteryx lived in the Late Jurassic around 150 million years ago, in 
what is now southern Germany during a time when Europe was an archipelago of 
islands in a shallow warm tropical sea, much closer to the equator than it is now.
THE MODEL: DIMENSIONS
• Base measures 36 \ 36 
cm.
• Scale 28\ 1 for actual 
base length of 10 m. 
Apex at 7m. Height.
THE PRESENTATION: STILLS
• Attempts to convey the participation of the audience viewing the 
LIGHTHOUSE included as moving 'shadows'.
THE PRESENTATION: VIDEO
CONTACT : LIGHTHOUSE ENOLA 
GAY 
Roy Gross
Tel: 0507261907
Mail: [email protected]
Roygross.com