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Honu, Hawaiian green sea turtles, off the coast of Maui. Honu are air breathers and periodically come to the surface to take a breath.
Giant Hawaiian turtle resting in the warm sun on the beach of Big Island of Hawaii. Hawaiians call them Honu.
Curious and gentle by nature, these Rahi are favored pets among Ga-Matoran. Thanks to their latent elemental attunement to gravity, they rise and sink at will despite being exceptionally heavy for their size. Trained Honu are occasionally used to help stabilize and anchor larger fishing vessels.
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Built for #Shelltember - after hearing of yet another monthly theme tied to cute amphibian animals pop up in the wake of Time for Crab and Frogust, I knew I had to participate. Unfortunately no SHIPtember for me this year!
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Kualoa Regional Park, O‘ahu.
Last fall I came across this deceased juvenile sea turtle. I reported it to NOAA and they said they would send someone out to retrieve it. [NOAA website]
Hawai‘i has five species of sea turtles, all of which are on the endangered list. So it is especially sad to see that this young honu (green sea turtle) didn't make it to adulthood.
From my series, "Pinholes at high-tide".
Le Bambole Mk. XVI, CoffeePinCam Pinhole Camera.
Kodak Ektar 100.
A honu crosses in front of me through a channel in a barrier reef on the north shore of Oahu. It will graze on limu in the shallow, protected water inside the surf zone. The honu, or green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), is considered an ‘aumakua, or ancestral spirit, offering guidance and protection and were often depicted in ancient petroglyphs. Many people still consider them conveyers of good luck and their cultural importance makes them a popular mascot, artwork image, and stylized graphic design. Most migrate to nest at French Frigate Shoals in Papahānaumokuākea, but I have recently observed nests on isolated Oahu beaches.
Oahu, HI. Seeing a honu (green sea turtles) was one of my objectives on this trip and it never gets old. There were at least a half dozen turtles beached here. Their routine is so predictable that volunteers show up to place red ropes around them and control the crowds. The hordes do not deter the turtles from resting here, including this one who kept its eyes closed, except whenever the waves reached it, or the one unfortunate time when someone almost stepped on it.
One of my most memorable moments on this trip was finally finding Green Sea Turtles in clear water near the beach cross from our condo. I did lots of video and took a handful of photographs. This being one. So amazing to swim and observe these amazing giant turtles! Taken with my GoPro 12. Had to figure out how to process the GoPro raw files took some research. In the end I was happy with results!
A curved shoreline stretch of warm sand on a tropical island. After grazing on limu in the shallow, protected water inside the fringing reef surf zone, a large male honu basks in the sun. The honu, or green sea turtle, is considered an ‘aumakua, or ancestral spirit, offering guidance and protection and were often depicted in ancient Hawaiian petroglyphs. Many people still consider them conveyers of good luck and their cultural importance makes them a popular mascot, artwork image, and stylized graphic design. Most migrate to nest at French Frigate Shoals in Papahānaumokuākea, but for several years I have observed nests on isolated Oahu beaches.
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Okinawa Summer Festival 2017
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Lazy is how I'm feeling after this 3 day weekend and off to work again today. Honu is the Hawaiian word for turtle for those of you not in Hawaii. The sky was blue and there was nice light on the turtle and sand from the sun but I just wasn't feeling it and wanted to switch it up. This is an up close 5 shot panorama with minimal blending of 2 exposures. Used 2 different B&W filters (High contrast Blue and High Contrast Red) blended in specific areas to highlight whites or blacks of the image.
Waiāhole, O‘ahu.
On one of my visits to the beach, I came across a 3' carcass of a large honu, sea turtle.
From my series, "Pinholes at high-tide".
Le Bambole Mk. XV, "Weekend Pinhole Camera".
Kodak Ektar 100.