Diamond Head, Hawaii from the air. 1981
As our flight from Honolulu, Oahu took off towards the Big Island of Hawaii we got this great view of Diamond Head, the extinct volcano on the south-east edge of Honolulu; to the left of the volcano rim and beyond the park are the many high-rise hotels of the famed Waikiki Beach area of the city. Further inland the city sprawls across the narrow coastal plain and up into the canyons of the heavily-eroded volcanic mountains.
For visitors to Honolulu and Waikiki this view comes as a bit of a shock and revelation because, viewed at ground level from the beach and hotels, Diamond Head appears to be merely a steep ridge that becomes a headland as it rises to the ocean's edge...there is no hint of the almost perfect volcano circle landform. Perhaps it should be renamed Diamond Crater.
Pentax ME. Epson V500 scan of 35mm Kodachrome 25 slide.
Diamond Head, Hawaii from the air. 1981
As our flight from Honolulu, Oahu took off towards the Big Island of Hawaii we got this great view of Diamond Head, the extinct volcano on the south-east edge of Honolulu; to the left of the volcano rim and beyond the park are the many high-rise hotels of the famed Waikiki Beach area of the city. Further inland the city sprawls across the narrow coastal plain and up into the canyons of the heavily-eroded volcanic mountains.
For visitors to Honolulu and Waikiki this view comes as a bit of a shock and revelation because, viewed at ground level from the beach and hotels, Diamond Head appears to be merely a steep ridge that becomes a headland as it rises to the ocean's edge...there is no hint of the almost perfect volcano circle landform. Perhaps it should be renamed Diamond Crater.
Pentax ME. Epson V500 scan of 35mm Kodachrome 25 slide.