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"Beyond the church are two large fields. There are only a few marked graves, but these fields are believed to contain thousands of burials. The markers are long lost, but the inherent power of these fields is felt in remembrance of the people sent into isolation to live and die at Kalawao."—Kalaupapa National Historic Park
"Since I have been here I have buried from one hundred and ninety to two hundred every year, and still the number of living lepers is always over seven hundred…. There are many empty places in the church, but in the cemetery there is hardly room left to dig the graves."—Father Damien De Veuster in a letter to his brother Pamphile, January 31, 1880
As we were leaving Kapukaheku beach on Molokai's northwestern corner, I noticed that someone had set out two skulls on display on a lava boulder. This looks more like something I would expect to see in Texas than Hawaii.
Camera HDR shot from the window of the tour bus coming back from Kalawao. I’m impressed at how well the Panasonic Lumix does its internal HDR with fast-changing images. The bus was moving when I took this!
Yellow rattail, green eyelash yarn and sherbert fun fur sewn on yellow satin ribbon with natural kukui nuts.
We were on Molokai to do a post-construction plant survey for the new Kawela Bridge. The old bridge wasn't big enough and the Eastern side of Molokai was getting cut-off in heavy rains.
Since we were with Arleone, Molokai's bird lady, we also got a bit of birding in. Ohiapilo is a coastal wetland west of Kaunakakai that provides refuge for a number of native wetland and shore birds.
Looking down at Kalapaupa from the back of a mule on the trail, still near the top. One of my personal favorites. Featured in my photo essay “From Above.”
See the 3000-pixel wide original for details of the foliage. It’s Creative Commons licensed; download it, copy it, crop it, whatever—as long as it’s not commercial usage.
