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An airman from the Hawaii Air National Guard's 203rd Air Refueling Squadron walks with his son to a hangar at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, June 16, 2016. More than 50 service members, three KC-135 Stratotankers, flight and maintenance crews, and other support personnel were deployed for four months as part of an Air Expeditionary Force rotation. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Robert Cabuco/released)
The first Hawaii Flickr Meetup at Kakaako Waterfront Park in March 2006. These photos were, of course, not taken with a Treo.
My entry for Hapa Bento's beach themed June B.O.M.B
White rice beach with two pieces of Chicken katsu shipwreck, a tamagoyaki starfish (eyes and mouth are imitation crab) on a bed of steamed sea beans
Steamed blue cauliflower coral reef and soy-braised mushroom stones. Spam musubi and macaroni salad with daikon sprouts and Rainbow Dango tucked into the corner for a bit of sweetness.
oh, and a Hawaiian shirt napkin :)
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Huge surf batters the coast.
The road used to go to Hilo but has been overflown with multiple lava flows.
Nawiliwili, Kauai
Meet Juan... one of the happiest people I've ever had the honor of knowing! He was our tour guide for a day long excursion around the island, and his mission in life is to "inform" vistors about their culture, history and highlights of his native island!
This man has such joy, and sincerity about his native home and Hawaiian culture! He truly is an ambassador for the islands!
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A rare shot of the three Portulaca spp. endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. A comparison photo.
Portulacaceae (Purslane family)
Left:
ʻIhi (Portulaca villosa)
Vulnerable
Center:
Poʻe (Portulaca sclerocarpa)
Endangered
Right:
ʻIhi (Portulaca molokiniensis)
Endangered
A fourth species, Portulaca lutea, is indigenous (not pictured). The flower is yellow.
Habit
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For more information on these species, please see nativeplants.hawaii.edu
Hawaiian Spinner Dolphins feed at night and play in the morning hours. The morning hours are also the time when tourists are allowed to swim with them. Codes of conduct for tour companies should secure that the dolphins are not disturbed, when they later the day go asleep.
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This photo has been graciously provided to be used in the GRID-Arendal resources library by: Peter Prokosch
The Hawaii Ingress Cross-Faction Picnic, bringing together members of the local Enlightened and Resistance at Kapiolani Park.
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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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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