NEW YORK (AP) — For several hours, Lady Liberty didn't shine so brightly. 
 
 The famed The Statue of Liberty was temporarily in the dark Tuesday night after what a spokesman calls an "unplanned outage." 
 
 WCBS-TV reports (http://cbsloc.al/2mDMjds ) the statue was dark except for the crown and torch. The lights returned shortly before midnight. 
 
 The outage sparked conversation on social media that perhaps it was done deliberately for Wednesday's "A Day Without Women" protest of inequality. 
 
 But National Park Service spokesman Jerry Willis says the outage probably was related to a project for a new emergency backup generator. He says the official cause will be determined Wednesday when crews return to work on the project, "part of our last remaining Hurricane Sandy recovery projects." 

 O say can you see, the Statue of Liberty? 
 
 A portion of Lady Liberty mysteriously went dark save for the iconic colossal's torch and crown on Tuesday night. 
 
 The statue was cast in darkness for at least an hour around 11 p.m. and even the National Park Service seemed perplexed by the New York harbor’s black void. 
 
 “Some lights on the Statue were temporarily off tonight,�? a spokesman for the Statue of Liberty National Monument tweeted. 
 
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 The “unplanned outage�? may have been due to emergency generator project as part of its “last remaining Hurricane Sandy recovery,�? but park official Jerry Willis could not be certain. He added that crews would return to Liberty Island on Wednesday morning and determine the cause of the blackout. 
 
 The lights on the Statue of Liberty were temporary shut off for at least an hour on Tuesday night. (Earthcam) 
 
 The lights turned back on just after midnight. 
 
 A Twitter account for the Women’s March movement theorized that the lights were flipped to symbolize Wednesday's call-to-action "Day Without a Women," which encourages women to skip work, refuse to shop and wear red. 
 
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– In what appears to have been a weird "Day Without Women" coincidence, Lady Liberty mysteriously went dark Tuesday night. The Statue of Liberty was dark apart from her crown and torch for more than an hour, starting at 11pm, the New York Daily News reports. Amid speculation on social media that the lights had been put out ahead of Wednesday's protest, the Statue of Liberty National Monument tweeted that the outage was likely "related to new emergency generator/Hurricane Sandy recovery project work," the AP reports. Officials say they will find the cause when crews return to work Wednesday. (Last month, activists unfurled a "Refugees Welcome" banner from the statue.)