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Coming back from a morning swim, our long-time resident turtle at the half-mile buoy came out to forage.
The Honu can be found around the coastline of Mata Nui, but the Ko-Wahi Honu is a particularly interesting sub-species.
Honu spend hours sitting in the sun to warm themselves up enough to get going. The frigid climes of Ko-Wahi don't get many rays, so the local variety of Honu spends most of the year in hibernation.
You may wonder how they survive at all, and why they don't simply freeze. This is the most fascinating aspect of the Ko-Wahi Honu: they have evolved a kind of natural anti-freeze, which prevents them from icing up inside, and allows them to live in the harsh environment of Ko-Wahi.
Built using parts from sets 8581 Kopeke and 8582 Matoro, for a challenge on Instagram.
[DISCLAIMER] Since posting this it has come to my attention that the head should have little tabs on the sides at the bottom. I didn't even realise, which shows you how much attention I pay to stuff. Please try to ignore the fact that this is essentially a broken tortoise.
Three green sea turtles swimming around the amazing turquoise waters of Kiholo Bay.
© Christopher Johnson
Popular Photography "Photo of the Day" 2/15/2013
From a recent outing with the Kona Camera Club to Kiholo Bay
A honu, or Pacific Green Sea Turtle, at Kiholo Bay.
This was the first time I ever did two-person KAP. In this case I was flying the kite and a fellow member of the Kona Camera Club, Craig Elevitch, was driving the rig and camera. I stood directly upwind of the honu, and Craig was about 90 degrees off to one side. I let out line, keeping the rig low to the water, and when Craig called "Stop!" I stopped letting out line and Craig hit the shutter. I'm more than pleased with the results.
The Honu can be found around the coastline of Mata Nui, but the Ko-Wahi Honu is a particularly interesting sub-species.
Honu spend hours sitting in the sun to warm themselves up enough to get going. The frigid climes of Ko-Wahi don't get many rays, so the local variety of Honu spends most of the year in hibernation.
You may wonder how they survive at all, and why they don't simply freeze. This is the most fascinating aspect of the Ko-Wahi Honu: they have evolved a kind of natural anti-freeze, which prevents them from icing up inside, and allows them to live in the harsh environment of Ko-Wahi.
Built using parts from sets 8581 Kopeke and 8582 Matoro, for a challenge on Instagram.
[DISCLAIMER] Since posting this it has come to my attention that the head should have little tabs on the sides at the bottom. I didn't even realise, which shows you how much attention I pay to stuff. Please try to ignore the fact that this is essentially a broken tortoise.
Hone - the Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle. It's one of my favorite animals. Common throughout the islands nowadays, and extremely protected.
Not as many encounters this year, but no complaints. They seemed to have moved deeper, while the Humpbacks seemed to have moved closer. Natural cycle? Maybe.
This guy was at a cleaning station. Those fish picking at his butt? They were trying to eat the algae off of the shell. It's the divers (yo, one of the guilty party at times) who provoked it into moving. The fish were just following, and eating what it can.
Reminds me of fish that hang out behind hippos. Read up on that!
a hawaiian sea turtle, one of the many sealife residents of the salt water lagoon that runs the greater length of the resort property. we saw this one swimming while were looking at the lagoon from the bottom of the grand staircase.
Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)
Honolulu, HI
February 16, 2023
All Nippon Airways Airbus A380-841 JA382A
('Flying Honu - Kai' Green Sea Turtle livery)
NH183 HNL-NRT
The Honu can be found around the coastline of Mata Nui, but the Ko-Wahi Honu is a particularly interesting sub-species.
Honu spend hours sitting in the sun to warm themselves up enough to get going. The frigid climes of Ko-Wahi don't get many rays, so the local variety of Honu spends most of the year in hibernation.
You may wonder how they survive at all, and why they don't simply freeze. This is the most fascinating aspect of the Ko-Wahi Honu: they have evolved a kind of natural anti-freeze, which prevents them from icing up inside, and allows them to live in the harsh environment of Ko-Wahi.
Built using parts from sets 8581 Kopeke and 8582 Matoro, for a challenge on Instagram.
[DISCLAIMER] Since posting this it has come to my attention that the head should have little tabs on the sides at the bottom. I didn't even realise, which shows you how much attention I pay to stuff. Please try to ignore the fact that this is essentially a broken tortoise.
One of the great experiences of spending time underwater is seeing the diversity of life there, such as this Green Sea Turtle, or as they're known in Hawai'i, "Honu." In one place, we saw seven, other places only one at a time.
Seeing them any time is good, but my most memorable experience swimming with seat turtles was off Maui a couple years ago in the winter; swimming alongside seat turtles and hearing whalesong echoing through the water.
A sea turtle rests after feeding. The waves were large and I could see them as the waves crested, having as much fun as the surfers were. Honu are protected so I was using my zoom to get up close and personal.
The Honu can be found around the coastline of Mata Nui, but the Ko-Wahi Honu is a particularly interesting sub-species.
Honu spend hours sitting in the sun to warm themselves up enough to get going. The frigid climes of Ko-Wahi don't get many rays, so the local variety of Honu spends most of the year in hibernation.
You may wonder how they survive at all, and why they don't simply freeze. This is the most fascinating aspect of the Ko-Wahi Honu: they have evolved a kind of natural anti-freeze, which prevents them from icing up inside, and allows them to live in the harsh environment of Ko-Wahi.
Built using parts from sets 8581 Kopeke and 8582 Matoro, for a challenge on Instagram.
[DISCLAIMER] Since posting this it has come to my attention that the head should have little tabs on the sides at the bottom. I didn't even realise, which shows you how much attention I pay to stuff. Please try to ignore the fact that this is essentially a broken tortoise.
Honu (Hawaiian for turtle). Saw them (@ ponolu state park) had the urge to touch them but refrained from it. Waited for about 10 mins so that this lazy turtle raise its head. This beach is one of the few black sand beach in Hawaii. The work on their skin ,the texture looked wonderful.
f/8, 1/80s, cropped in CS5,
I just finished a project for a girl's basketball team. They are called the "Honu Girls". Honu is a Hawaiian term for sea turtles, which is their logo. They asked me to make some turtles in their team colors of royal blue and white. I put their jersey numbers on the back of each turtle. There are nine of them. I made it so they can use the cord around the turtle's neck to tie on their bags or backpacks.