B.W. Hawaii's photos

Hilina Pali - Kau Trail Marker

Hilina Pali - Kau Trail Marker

22 Jun 2012 281
This trail follows a pre-contact Hawaiian route between two important regions of the Big Island. Even today, floral lei and fruit offerings are left by those who travel it.
Distant lava flows into the Pacific

Distant lava flows into the Pacific

22 Jun 2012 2 2 261
I took this at the 1500 foot elevation level.
Sky, sea, and grasslands

Sky, sea, and grasslands

22 Jun 2012 215
Before it became part of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, this was very well managed and productive ranch land. Having never been overgrazed, it has fully regained its pristine condition.
Golden Grass

Golden Grass

22 Jun 2012 1 236
The grass in this photo resembles wheat, but isn't. I am trying to find out what type it is.
Ripples in old lava

Ripples in old lava

22 Jun 2012 217
This type of lava is called rope pahoehoe, and it sometimes makes interesting patterns, as here.
Haena Lava Tube Cave

Haena Lava Tube Cave

13 Jun 2012 212
Lava tubes are lava flows which crust over, keep flowing, and then empty, leaving behind long tube-like caves. Some on the Big Island extend for nearly 40 miles. This is the entrance to one about three miles from my home.
Moss covered rubble

Moss covered rubble

13 Jun 2012 258
Life at the gates of the underworld

Life at the gates of the underworld

13 Jun 2012 182
Entrance

Entrance

13 Jun 2012 183
Banyan roots at lava tube entrance

Banyan roots at lava tube entrance

13 Jun 2012 173
Waikiki Sunset

Waikiki Sunset

07 Apr 2013 3 1 358
I rarely go to Honolulu, but took one of my all-time favorite photos there with an old Leica and Fujifilm.
Seen better days

Seen better days

18 Apr 2012 3 413
Abandoned ranch truck
Ranch Country, Big Island

Ranch Country, Big Island

18 Apr 2012 348
One of my favorite areas at 6000 feet elevation in the "saddle" between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa
Monkeypod Tree

Monkeypod Tree

23 Oct 2012 1 334
Kea'au, my home village
Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple

Puna Hongwanji Buddhist Temple

23 Oct 2012 1 1 556
Kea'au, Big Island of Hawaii
Hanalei Beach

Hanalei Beach

26 Aug 2005 2 1 319
Kauai
Banyan roots in very old stone wall at Haena

Banyan roots in very old stone wall at Haena

13 Jun 2012 1 418
Haena is an easy hike from the end of my subdivision.
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