Kilauea Point Lighthouse
It didn’t seem possible Kauai could hold any more gorgeous sights – until we found the Kilauea Point Lighthouse.
As a National Wildlife Refuge, this point of land provides a safe haven for seabirds like the red-footed booby (I REALLY wanted a picture of one of those!), the Wedge-Tailed Shearwater, the Laysan Albatross, and the Magnificent Frigate Bird.
We got a special treat when a fuzzy baby Shearwater woke up in his burrow.
The Kilauea lighthouse was completed in 1913 and its Frensel lens eventually carried a candlepower of over 2,500,000! The lens assembly weighs over four and a half tons and the light produced could be seen as far as 90 miles away.
The views from the cliffs are magnificent! This is a definite “must see” if you visit Kauai.
A big thanks to DeliciousBaby’s Fun Photo Friday!
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I’m a big lighthouse fan (write about Midwest lighthouses a
lotat my blog), so I really enjoyed these shots! Thanks for sharing.A red-footed booby? I never heard of those. Now I wish you’d gotten a photo, too.
Beautiful! All these posts about Hawaii lately are making my travel feet start to itch for Hawaii!
The Kilauea lighthouse must be one of the most beautiful spots on the planet. The fuzzy baby Shearwater is cute too
I love lighthouses, there are absolutely none in Central America. I have no idea why, but when I traveled around US we used always stop off at differnt ones!