Two views of Hualalai

Hualalai seen from offshore North Kohala in Hawaii

The top photo shows a view of Hualalai under cloudy skies, taken from the water yesterday morning.

Hualalai obscured by vog from offshore North Kohala in Hawaii

The second photo shows pretty much the same view, taken on Christmas Day morning. What do you mean, where did it go? It was actually a less cloudy day. The big difference was that the wind was blowing from the southeast, driving vog from the latest eruption of Kilauea in this direction. Vog is volcanic smog and when it’s this thick, it can be quite acrid and you can taste it! It makes life miserable, especially for those with any kind of respiratory ailments.

The vog was bad for two days before the trade winds returned and blew the vog away from this part of the island, allowing the view in the top photo.

21 thoughts on “Two views of Hualalai”

    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      It doesn’t often reach up as far as where I live so I can’t complain. When it does though, it’s so striking how visibility is reduced.

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Isn’t that the case. These last few years have been pretty good as the volcano has been fairly quiet. Doesn’t take long for it to return though.

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    1. Graham's avatarGraham Post author

      Where I live, near the northern tip of the island, we don’t get much vog, but it makes it up here, and to other islands, once in a while. These last few years have been good because there hasn’t really been much activity.

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