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The Hawaii Ingress Cross-Faction Picnic, bringing together members of the local Enlightened and Resistance at Kapiolani Park.
Diamond Head is the name of a volcanic tuff cone on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu and known to Hawaiians as Lēʻahi, most likely from lae 'browridge, promontory' plus ʻahi 'tuna' because the shape of the ridgeline resembles the shape of a tuna's dorsal fin. Its English name was given by British sailors in the 19th century, who mistook calcite crystals embedded in the rock for diamonds.
Diamond Head is a defining feature of the view known to residents and tourists of Waikiki alike. The volcanic tuff cone is a United States State Monument. While part of it serves as a platform for antennas used by the U.S. government and is closed to the public, the crater's proximity to Honolulu's resort hotels and beaches makes the rest of it a popular destination.
A 0.75-mile (1.1-km) hike leads to the edge of the crater's rim. Signs at the trailhead say that the hike takes 1.5–2 hours round-trip, and recommends that hikers bring water. Although not difficult, the signs also say that the hike is not a casual one: the mostly unpaved trail winds over uneven rock, ascends 74 steps, then through a tunnel and up another steep 99 steps. Next is a small lighted tunnel to a narrow spiral staircase (43 steps) inside a coastal artillery observation platform built in 1908. From the summit above the observation platform both Waikiki and the Pacific Ocean can be seen in detail.
The volcano is a symbol of the worldwide recognition of the Hawaiian Islands; because of this, Diamond Head is widely used for commercial purposes (see Diamond Head (film) and Diamond Head (band)). Many souvenirs from Hawaii and surf shop logos around the world bear the volcano's distinctive silhouette.
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I was stationed twice in Hawaii in the past; I did almost three years each time. The truth is that I always felt like an isolato on the island. In my defense I can only state that I never got to experience Hawaii more than a few months at the time; I was either in the field getting ready for war, or fighting the war, or returning from the war.
This time I decided to change that. I don’t want just to be another hāʻole visiting the island. I want to be as local as I can get; I want to be a part of the community. I figured that the best way to become a part of the community is by doing community service.
It just happened that Mālama Loko Ea (www.lokoea.org/Loko_Ea/E_Hoala_E_Hoomau.html) fishpond restoration project needed some volunteers. They meet every third Saturday of the month. What is a better way to spend a frigid February morning then to wade around an ancient Hawaiian fishpond? Just kidding, it doesn’t really get cold here. But some of the snowy Facebook photos of my friends on the mainland did give me the chills.
This was an awesome experience. The day started with a prayer in Hawaiian. That was the first time I actually heard Hawaiian language spoken by a real person, and I was mesmerized by it. Then the workload was divided among all the volunteers. I volunteered for filling out sandbags because I wanted my two little keiki to play in the sand. Twenty two years ago my recruiter promised me that the Army will teach me valuable skills that I could use in the civilian life; as it turns out he was not lying. I don’t think that there was a single volunteer present who had as much of sandbag filling experience as yours truly.
After all sandbags were filled, I spent the rest of the day removing the invasive plants that started to take over the pond. The day ended with the score: Volunteers 1; Invasive Plants: 0.
They fed us a delicious lunch at the end of the work day. We all held hands and prayed in Hawaiian before the food was served. I mean others prayed and I just listened, because my Hawaiian is still too limited. If you ever find yourself in Hawaii on the third Saturday of the month you should also volunteer at the Mālama Loko Ea fishpond.
Word of the Day
isolato \ahy-suh-LEY-toh\, noun:
a person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.
Also, in the years since the events you are investigating, my life has been that of an isolato, a shepherd on a mountaintop, situated as far from so-called civilization as possible, and it has made me unnaturally brusque and awkward.
-- Russell Banks, Cloudsplitter, 1998
There is, of course, Paul's unremitting aloneness: he is in every sense an isolato, and if this state is elicited by his impertinence and his refusal to conform, it is brought about as well by the inability of all those around him to perceive either his uniqueness or his pain.
-- Philip Stevick, The American Short Story, 1984
The most predictable Justices now on the Court, Antonin Scalia and Thomas, seem brooding isolatoes, openly contemptuous of the doctrinal laxness of their brethren.
-- Louis Menand, "Decisions, Decisions," The New Yorker, July 11, 2005
Isolato was popularized by Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick. The word comes through Italian from the Latin word insulātus meaning "made into an island."
The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) is a volcano observatory located at Uwekahuna Bluff on the rim of Kīlauea Caldera on the Island of Hawaiʻi. The observatory monitors four active Hawaiian volcanoes: Kīlauea, Mauna Loa, Hualālai, and Haleakalā. Because Kīlauea and Mauna Loa are significantly more active than Hualālai and Haleakalā, much of the observatory's research is concentrated on the former two mountains. The observatory has a worldwide reputation as a leader in the study of active volcanism. Due to the relatively non-explosive nature of Hawaiian volcanic eruptions, scientists can study on-going eruptions in proximity without being in extreme danger. Located at the main site is the public Thomas A. Jaggar Museum.
Modern electronic equipment now monitors earthquakes from several sites. This information is provided immediately over the Internet, as well as live cameras covering the eruptions. Another important function of HVO is to monitor the sulphur emissions that produce the condition known as vog. The observatory advises the park service when to close areas due to dangerous hazards.
While the main Observatory building itself is not open to the public, the adjacent Thomas A. Jaggar Museum includes interpretive exhibits on the work done at the observatory. The exhibits range from general information on volcanoes and lava to the scientific equipment and clothing used by volcanologists. Some of the museum's windows provide a sheltered view of the Kīlauea Caldera and Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. A public observation deck overlooking Kīlauea provides spectacular views. It a popular destination within Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, located on Crater Rim Drive west from the visitors center.
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Paying homage to the venerable DC-9-50 that many senior Hawaiian pilots started their airline careers in. This painting now hangs in the Hawaiian Airlines Flight Training Center in Honolulu.
Kīlauea is a shield volcano in the Hawaiian Islands, the most active of the five volcanoes that together form the island of Hawaiʻi. Located along the southern shore of the island, the volcano, at 300,000 to 600,000 years old, is the second youngest product of the Hawaiian hotspot and the current eruptive center of the Hawaiian–Emperor seamount chain. Because it lacks topographic prominence and its activities historically coincided with those of Mauna Loa, Kīlauea was once thought to be a satellite of its much larger neighbor. Structurally, Kīlauea has a large, fairly recently formed caldera at its summit and two active rift zones, one extending 125 km (78 mi) east and the other 35 km (22 mi) west, as an active fault line of unknown depth moving vertically an average of 2 to 20 mm (0.1 to 0.8 in) per year.
Kīlauea's eruptive history has been a long and active one; its name means "spewing" or "much spreading" in the Hawaiian language, referring to its frequent outpouring of lava.
Kīlauea's current eruption dates back to January 3, 1983, and is by far its longest-lived historical period of activity, as well as one of the longest-lived eruptions in the world; as of January 2011, the eruption has produced 3.5 cubic kilometres (0.84 cu mi) of lava and resurfaced 123.2 km2 (48 sq mi) of land.
Kīlauea's high state of activity has a major impact on its mountainside ecology where plant growth is often interrupted by fresh tephra and drifting volcanic sulfur dioxide, producing acid rains particularly in a barren area south of its southwestern rift zone known as the Kaʻū Desert. Nonetheless, wildlife flourishes where left undisturbed elsewhere on the volcano and is highly endemic thanks to Kīlauea's (and the island of Hawaiʻi's) isolation from the nearest landmass. Historically, the five volcanoes on the island were considered sacred by the Hawaiian people, and in Hawaiian mythology Kīlauea's Halemaumau Crater served as the body and home of Pele, goddess of fire, lightning, wind, and volcanoes. William Ellis, a missionary from England, gave the first modern account of Kīlauea and spent two weeks traveling along the volcano; since its foundation by Thomas Jagger in 1912, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, located at Kīlauean caldera rim, has served as the principal investigative and scientific body on the volcano and the island in general. In 1916 a bill forming the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was signed into law by Woodrow Wilson; since then the park has become a World Heritage Site and a major tourist destination, attracting roughly 2.6 million people annually.
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Kīlauea Iki is a pit crater which is next to the main summit caldera of Kīlauea. In August 1959, a swarm of deep earthquakes was detected by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. In October it was indicated by seismographs that Kilauea summit was filling with magma. This formed a new lava shield, named Pu'u Pua'i (gushing hill).
Some of the most impressive parts of the eruption were the lava fountains that flowed from Puʻu Puaʻi. By November 17, the fountain was reaching 60–80 meters tall with occasional bursts as high as 180 meters. The fountain grew to over 320 meters on November 18. On November 21, the lava lake was over a meter deep over the vent causing ripples across the surface of the lava lake causing lava on the shores to break like waves on a beach. At 7:25 p.m. local time on November 21, the fountain went from 210 meters tall to a few gas bubbles in less than 40 seconds. Some of the fountains were extraordinarily high, reaching nearly 580 m (1,900 ft), among the highest ever recorded.
The first episode had 31 million cubic meters of lava flow into Kīlauea Iki with 1 million cubic meters draining back. During the following episodes, a total of 71 million cubic meters of lava was ejected during a month long eruption that stopped on December 20, 1959. Only 8 million cubic meters of lava remained, 63 million cubic meters of lava drained back into Kīlauea magma reservoir. Often the lava drainback had a higher rate of flow than the eruptions.
On December 15, the highest flow of lava was measured at 1.45 million cubic meters per hour. With every filling and draining of the lava lake, a 'black ledge' was formed along the rim of the crater which is now 15–60 meters wide and 15 meters tall. During lava drainbacks, a giant counter-clockwise whirlpool would form.
Drivers may view Kīlauea Iki from either a lookout point or the trailhead parking lot. Currently guests can hike across Kīlauea Iki from Byron Ledge which overlooks the crater as well as walking along the crater floor on what once was a lake of lava. Even after 50 years, the surface is still warm to the touch. Rainwater seeps into the cracks and makes contact with the extremely hot rock below and steam is emitted from various surface cracks. The steam and some rocks are hot enough to cause serious burns.
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Hawaii is so beautiful, Even on the worst day, it is a wonderful day. Yesterday was very spiritual to me. I worked open house and then felt bored, so I went to the beach on the way I chased a Rainbow over Paia and into Haiku. I went to Baldwin Beach and the frail light showers felt great, like a tinkle on my skin. I heard some Ukulele and Singing and it was one of my oldest Maui MEO friends Liz, who was there with her kids, two sisters and her mother. They all sang and I meditated to their grove. The Rainbow hung over the ocean and the land the whole time. I took some photos a couple of young gals who were dancing in the sand in their bikinis and they were just so peaceful and joyful it was very pure. I watched and thought about how beautiful it all was, ocean, sky, dancing women, songs from local Waihines; man I was just in heaven. The I headed home and chased the Rainbow up the Haleakala Volcano. There was a full Rainbow over one church on Baldwin avenue. I took some gorgeous photos. Then I stopped at the Catholic Church and got some more half Rainbow and church photos. Almost home now, there was a wet spray and a wonderful full Rainbow over Makawao avenue. I took some photos of an old house and a church steeple in the distance with the Rainbow.. Even on the worst wet day, Hawaii is beautiful. I felt very spiritual today. I wish you were here with me. Lucky Come Hawaii
My other photos of Hawaii flowers and plants:
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My other photos of Hawaii landscape (and sea scape):
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This was a photo I took on the first day of our honeymoon at Disney's Aulani Resort and Spa. I was still a little jet lagged so I was up well before sunrise. Running around the hotel before sunrise. I saw this show after I ate breakfast and was on my way up to my room to get ready for the day.
Las Vegas, Nevada
-Please do not use this photo for commercial use without my written permission.
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I was stationed twice in Hawaii in the past; I did almost three years each time. The truth is that I always felt like an isolato on the island. In my defense I can only state that I never got to experience Hawaii more than a few months at the time; I was either in the field getting ready for war, or fighting the war, or returning from the war.
This time I decided to change that. I don’t want just to be another hāʻole visiting the island. I want to be as local as I can get; I want to be a part of the community. I figured that the best way to become a part of the community is by doing community service.
It just happened that Mālama Loko Ea (www.lokoea.org/Loko_Ea/E_Hoala_E_Hoomau.html) fishpond restoration project needed some volunteers. They meet every third Saturday of the month. What is a better way to spend a frigid February morning then to wade around an ancient Hawaiian fishpond? Just kidding, it doesn’t really get cold here. But some of the snowy Facebook photos of my friends on the mainland did give me the chills.
This was an awesome experience. The day started with a prayer in Hawaiian. That was the first time I actually heard Hawaiian language spoken by a real person, and I was mesmerized by it. Then the workload was divided among all the volunteers. I volunteered for filling out sandbags because I wanted my two little keiki to play in the sand. Twenty two years ago my recruiter promised me that the Army will teach me valuable skills that I could use in the civilian life; as it turns out he was not lying. I don’t think that there was a single volunteer present who had as much of sandbag filling experience as yours truly.
After all sandbags were filled, I spent the rest of the day removing the invasive plants that started to take over the pond. The day ended with the score: Volunteers 1; Invasive Plants: 0.
They fed us a delicious lunch at the end of the work day. We all held hands and prayed in Hawaiian before the food was served. I mean others prayed and I just listened, because my Hawaiian is still too limited. If you ever find yourself in Hawaii on the third Saturday of the month you should also volunteer at the Mālama Loko Ea fishpond.
Word of the Day
isolato \ahy-suh-LEY-toh\, noun:
a person who is spiritually isolated from or out of sympathy with his or her times or society.
Also, in the years since the events you are investigating, my life has been that of an isolato, a shepherd on a mountaintop, situated as far from so-called civilization as possible, and it has made me unnaturally brusque and awkward.
-- Russell Banks, Cloudsplitter, 1998
There is, of course, Paul's unremitting aloneness: he is in every sense an isolato, and if this state is elicited by his impertinence and his refusal to conform, it is brought about as well by the inability of all those around him to perceive either his uniqueness or his pain.
-- Philip Stevick, The American Short Story, 1984
The most predictable Justices now on the Court, Antonin Scalia and Thomas, seem brooding isolatoes, openly contemptuous of the doctrinal laxness of their brethren.
-- Louis Menand, "Decisions, Decisions," The New Yorker, July 11, 2005
Isolato was popularized by Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick. The word comes through Italian from the Latin word insulātus meaning "made into an island."
Halona Blowhole is a rock formation and a blowhole on the island of Oahu, Hawaii off of Hanauma Bay overlooking the Pacific Ocean. On windy days when the tide is high, the ocean breeze sends the waves rolling on to the shore where the rock formation then shoots sea spray high into the air through the cave acting like a geyser. It is not always at its best every day though. The blowhole is most active when the tide is high and the winds are strong. This is a big tourist spot in Hawaii. People come from all over to enjoy the beautiful scenery, the beach at the cove, and in the winter it is the spot to go to see the humpback whale as they take their journey leaving the North Pacific or the Honu (The Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles) swimming about. Diving is possible along the coast when there are light northerly winds blowing and no surf. It is recommended diving elsewhere when waves are breaking. The erratic tidal changes that take place offshore make the waters experience a strong current called Moloka'i Express that can drag divers out to sea. A large wedged shape area right off the coast next to the cove is a reef coated with Sinularia Leather Coral, which is a coral that does not need much light to live, in which you can find many different species like echinoderms, slugs, corals, and eels. The shoreline cliff beyond the cove, ending at a point, should be the limit of any shore diving here due to the strong current and distance. There is also a narrow rift along the base of the cliff which was formed by a large section of rock that broke away from the land can be seen very well on a clear day.
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