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Some visitors to the Kīlauea Point Lighthouse in Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi must make reservations and wind their way along a narrow lava peninsula.  Some come and go as they please. The 9,000 pound Fresnel lens once rotated on a bed of mercury and compressed air and shown light of 250,000 candle power.  Now, the Kīlauea Light no longer rotates and is lit only on ceremonial occasions.  Yet all manner of visitors crowd the cliffs and sky to experience this historic place.  (Given the effort some visitors must make to visit this location, I felt this “painting” should in someway feature them.)