Airport: Honolulu | Daniel K. Inouye [HNL/PHNL]
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On our last journey out to Hawaiian Islands, on departure from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport from island of O’ahu to the big Island Hawaii, we took off in an easterly bound direction and I was able to capture some images of Diamond Head Crater. It’s scale from the air compared to Waikiki Beach immediately west of it and Honolulu next to that show how immense the volcanic crater is. As I had posted earlier images taken from the rim, my damsel’s sweet daughter took us on what was a strenuous hike up to the rim from the bottom, as it is a state park referred to as the Diamond Head State Monument. The views of Waikiki and Honolulu from the rim were amazing from that vantage point but seeing it from up above the clear delineation of tuff cone of the crater are clearly visible and what an amazing geological formation it is. #developportdev @gothamtomato @developphotonewsletter @omsystem.cameras #excellent_america #iphone13pro @bheventspace @bhphoto @adorama @tamracphoto @tiffencompany #usaprimeshot #tamractales @apple @oahu_hawaiii @kehcamera @mpbcom
Top of Diamond Head Crater early one morning, great view of Honolulu and loverly colours today. I hope you enjoy?
With extra time before our flight home, we took a 2 hour Trolley Tour of Honolulu. Well worth it.
Google AI Overview
The flower in the image is likely a hot pink ginger, also known as red ginger or Alpinia purpurata.
It is a tropical plant native to the Malay Peninsula and the southwest Pacific islands.
The prominent, brightly colored part that looks like a flower is actually a collection of modified leaves called bracts.
The true flowers are small and white, found at the tips of these bracts.
This plant is popular as an ornamental addition to gardens and is often used for cut flower arrangements due to its long-lasting blooms.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpinia_purpurata
Alpinia purpurata, commonly referred to as red ginger, ostrich plume and pink cone ginger, is a ginger native to Maluku and the southwest Pacific islands. In typical ginger fashion, A. purpurata is a rhizomatous plant, spreading underground in a horizontal growth habit, sending feeder roots downwards into the substrate and sprouting leafy vertical stems from nodes located along the rhizome. As its common name implies, red ginger blooms with showy inflorescences on long, bright magenta- to red-hued bracts; while they appear to be a blossom, bracts are in fact modified leaves that contain the plant's actual flowers. Bracts are a common feature of many botanical genera (such as Euphorbia sp. or the Araceae family), having evolved to protect and resemble the flowers and appeal to pollinators. The actual flower "parts" (pollen, pistil, stamen, etc.) are located inside, often accessed by crawling insects like ants or beetles.
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A battery or similar structure near the summit of Diamond Head Crater just on the outskirts of Honolulu on the island of Oahu Hawai’i where once before current defense systems was manned by the IS military as it served as a point of defense for Hawai’i’s capital Honolulu. The ascent of Diamond Head was no small feat for me, though my damsel and her sweet daughter had a much easier time of the challenging switchbacks. Now a state park, vestiges of the military presence abound, like a 200 foot narrow tunnel that must be traversed to reach the summit of Diamond Head. OM Systems Olympus OM-D EM-1 Mark III Olympus OM Systems Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 R
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Schiffsdetails
Schiffstyp: Container ship
Baujahr: 2012
Länge x Breite: 336 m X 46 m
Bruttoregistertonnen: 96790, Tragfahigkeit: 96980 t
Eingetragene Geschwindigkeit (Max./Durchschnitt): 20.2 / 14.5 knots
Rufzeichen: 3EUQ8
IMO: 9588079, MMSI: 373649000
The beautiful sunset from the top floor of the Hilton Rainbow Tower in Honolulu, Hawaii. Waikiki Beach is to the left.
“The Aloha Tower is a retired lighthouse that is considered one of the landmarks of the state of Hawaii in the United States. Opened on September 11, 1926, at a cost of $160,000 ($2,805,206 in 2024), the Aloha Tower is located at Pier 9 of Honolulu Harbor. It has been, and continues to be, a guiding beacon welcoming vessels to the City and County of Honolulu. Just as the Statue of Liberty greeted hundreds of thousands of immigrants each year to New York City, the Aloha Tower greeted hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Honolulu. At 10 stories and 56 m of height topped with 12 m of flag mast, for four decades the Aloha Tower was the tallest structure in Hawaii. It was built in the Hawaiian Gothic architectural style.”
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Built in 1961, this modernist high-rise apartment building was designed by Wimberly & Cook. The building features side facades with large expanses of blank concrete at the ends, with a geometric hexagonal concrete screen wall divided into three segments in the center, with the facade facing Kalakaua Avenue featuring a tall rectangular concrete “frame” running from the second floor up to the roof, within which are staggered balconies, screen walls at the second floor, large windows, and doors in pairs on each floor, with the facade facing the ocean featuring balconies extending the entire width of the building. The building is one of several large residential buildings constructed at the base of Diamond Head between the late 1950s and late 1960s, which dramatically altered the appearance of this area of Honolulu.
After shooting at Hurricane I hustled a few miles north to try another location long on my bucket list, the double horseshoe curve at Honolulu. More exploring needs to be done in this area.