Category Archives: In The Water

The Numbers Game #104

Sea Monster
A sea monster lunging up? Actually, a Humpback Whale. The ‘lower jaw’ is a fin!

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 226. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a hibiscus.
A tug and barge enters Kawaihae Harbor in Hawaii
A tug, a barge and a helicopter entering Kawaihae harbor.
An Aloha greeting is mown into the grass at Upolu Airport
A small plane landing at Upolu is greeted with ALOHA! Not so much these days as it’s been so dry there’s not enough grass to mow!

The Numbers Game #103

A cloud forms over the site of the eruption on Mauna Loa , Hawaii
The 2022 eruption at Mauna Loa produced its own weather in the form of this cloud.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 225. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A white water lily at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve and Garden
Water Lillies at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.
Ants and ladybugs on a passion vine leaf
Lady Beetles and ants on a Passionflower leaf.
A Hawaiian Noddy skims over the ocean
An Hawaiian Noddy skims the waves off the North Kohala coast.
Blue lights illuminate a ceiling
Waiting room lighting!
An A’ama Crab at the aptly named Crab Cove at Hawaii Tropical Bioreserve & Garden.
An A’ama Crab clings to a rock.
An orange Hibiscus just starting to fade.

Turtles at peace

A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle on the beach at Kaloko in Hawaii
Resting at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Peace.’ See more responses here. Hawaiian Green Sea Turtles come ashore to rest and get a bit of peace. Humans are supposed to stay at least 10 feet away, preferably more.

A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle on the beach in Hawaii
On the beach.
A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle on the rocks at Kiholo, Hawaii
On the rocks.
A Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle on the beach at Kiholo, Hawaii
On the beach at Kiholo.

Manta Ray moment

A manta ray in the waters off Hawaii

I spotted this Manta Ray coming towards me about the same time it spotted me. I thought it might come and check me out, but it clearly decided against that, dove down and then scooted away. It was the first manta I’d seen for a long time so, regardless of its response, I was very happy to see it.

A manta ray in the waters off Hawaii
A manta ray in the waters off Hawaii
A manta ray in the waters off Hawaii

The Numbers Game #101

It’s the time of year when big northwest swells start to hit the islands. This one is from a few years back.

The idea of The Numbers Game is to enter a number into the search bar of your computer and then post a selection of the photos that turn up. This week’s number is 223. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A cigar wrasse swims among a shoal of convict tang.
A Cigar Wrasse not blending in with some Convict Tangs.
Boats anchored off the Kohala coast on a calm day.
First flight of the day arrives at Kona Airport.
Mauna Kea’s telescopes at sunrise.
Yes, it’s getting to be that time of year!
A plane tied down at Upolu Airport with Maui in the background.

Textured

Shadows on a staircase in Hawaii
A staircase with smooth painted surfaces and rough nonskid steps.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Textures.’ See more responses here.

Also posted for Becky’s Squares: Shadows. See more responses here.

Tree bark in Hawaii
Tree bark.
A red leaf floating in water in Hawaii
A leaf floating in the water.
An old rusted wheel in Hawaii
An old rusted wheel.
Sand underwater in Hawaii
Sand on the ocean floor.
White coral words on a black sand beach in Hawaii
Lumps of white coral on a black sand beach.
Raindrops on a windshield in Hawaii
Raindrops on a windshield.