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Well, that interesting sky made things so damn dark that I missed the turn for our island and we ended searching in vain for our 'easy to spot at night' campsite. It was a very uneasy feeling and my wife freaking out didn't help. She spotted the our island with her flashlight as I was looking at the map and both ideas together took some of our anxiety away.

You can take one of those LED mini clip lights and attach it close to camp landing site so it's readily visible for the water.
I've done the same with one of those 9 hour candle lanterns. Either hang over water, or sit on rock away from any flammable objects.

When they came out with those 9 hour Citronella candles, I'd hang it under my Dry-Fly tarp and it served a duel purpose. A campsite beacon and filling tarp area with a pleasant scent the bugs don't care for. ;)