A curious Green Turtle

A young green turtle catches the light as it swims by in the waters off Hawaii

I rarely post for Clare’s Share Your Desktop (here) for the simple reason that I rarely change my desktop image. But a couple of days ago, I was snorkeling off Honoka’ope Beach (commonly known as 49 Black Sand Beach) at Mauna Lani Resort and ran into this little fellow.

The turtle was probably around 18 inches long, head to tail, and in great condition, with a beautiful shell that glowed as it caught the light. Being a younger turtle, it was also quite curious, having not yet learned that people are pretty dull, clumsy in the water, and possibly dangerous. It stuck around for several minutes, coming quite close on a couple of occasions, before easing away, out of view.

I took half a dozen photos and any of them would have made a good desktop image, but the top one is the one that I’m currently running with.

A young green turtle catches the light as it swims by in the waters off Hawaii

18 thoughts on “A curious Green Turtle”

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  6. Clare's avatarClare

    Oh Graham 🥰 What an amazing experience and equally amazing (if not slightly more so) amazing turtle. Wow! Your photo must look incredible on your desktop. Thank you so much for sharing this with me and joining in on the SYD fun this month.

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