Hawaii, the Island of

Waipio Valley

Akaka Fall

Ginger flower! Of some sort. And other flowery plants at the botanical garden.

“69″ beach

Sea turtle!

The savanna/grassland of the Mona Kai/Loa saddle/plateau

Snorkeling at Kealakekua Bay

Pu`uhonua O Hōnaunau -> Place of Refuge

The highly eroded and extremely verdant Kilauea Mountain

Palolo Valley…the western end of the Kilauea Mountain (Waipio is on the eastern end).

South Point, the southernmost point in the USA. Those derricks were supposedly used to lift canoes from the water.

Volcano National Park

Kilauea Iki crater

Thurston lava tube

Halema’uma’u crater

Petroglyphs

Sea arch

Old/relatively new lava flow

Clouds, as seen from the Mauna Kei Observatory visitor station, circa 9,600 ft

 

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