Some places where lava is close to the surface, water percolating
into the ground boils and emerges from holes as steam.
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Unfortunately we can't remember the name of these flowers.
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And you think McD's menu in North America is lacking in substance...
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All set for the next Ironman Triathlon...here's Barb!
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Another mystery flower seen at the steam vents. These ones
grow on trees.
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Here we are at Rainbow falls.
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Radio Bay, where our boat is moored. This shot looks toward
downtown Hilo.
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Walking into town to catch a one-dollar movie (Troy) we caught
this scene near sunset.
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This spot is reputed to be the best view in all the islands.
We won't argue. This is facing north, on the NE coast. There
was a wonderful deep valley to the left.
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This little lizard was hunting insects when we found it perched
on a restaurant sign.
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The few remaining signs of a road covered by lava.
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Here's Barb perched on a wall of pahoehoe lava. This area was only
two decades old, and covered a small town and its road. |
Lava dropping into ocean, as seen from a reasonably safe distance
:-)
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As dusk arrived, the lava's eerie red glow illuminated the steam
from inside...
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At night the view was fantastic. Not shown, up the hillside
there were hot-spots where the lava glowed too.
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We crossed over the underground lava tubes that brought the flow
to the sea, and could feel the heat coming from the ground.
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View of the west (Kona) side of the Big Island. The Ironman
Tri run follows this road for a long way. Many folks have placed messages
in white rocks on the black lava.
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King Kamehameha was a really tall, big fellow (over 7 feet) who united the
islands by virtue of his impressive size and huge fleet of canoes. This
statue was perhaps 10 feet tall. |
Bj getting high. Our flag halyard was stuck, and we wanted
to give the rigging a once-over to see if the crossing had caused any damage.
None found.
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Freya's deck and Barb, in a bird's eye view. Bj will go to
extremes to get some alone-time...
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The Banyan trees are quite amazing, but are probably a logger's
nightmare (ya!).
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