Category Archives: Places

Well rounded

The rounded hills of Kohala Mountain and a weather radar known as the golfball
The rounded NEXRAD Weather Radar sits on the rounded hills of Kohala Mountain.

This week’s Sunday Stills challenge theme is ‘Rounded.’ See more responses here. Another mixed bag this week with captions on or below the photos

The sun sets off the Kohala Coast in Hawaii
The sun sets….
Full moon over Hawaii
…and the full moon rises.
Three illuminated balls in a window display in Hawaii
Three rounded balls in a shop window.
Coffee berries on a plant in Hawaii
Round coffee berries turning red as they ripen.
A sunglasses display in Hawaii
The rounded styles of sunglasses in a display case.

Thurston Lava Tube

Inside Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

I visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park recently, with friends from the mainland, and towards the end of our visit we stopped by Thurston Lava Tube. These days the tube is known as Nāhuku, which means “the protuberances” in Hawaiian. There aren’t any protuberances in the tube these days, but it’s still fun to walk the dimly lit tube, imagining magma rushing through it, until the eruption stopped and the tube drained.

Inside Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park

A look down Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway

Queen Kaahumanu Highway on the Big Island, Hawaii, as seen from the air

The Queen Ka’ahumanu Highway was built in the 1970s to connect Kailua Kona to Kawaihae and Waimea along a coastal route. This also opened up the south Kohala coast for resort development that had been led by the Mauna Kea Resort, which opened in the late 1960s. Mauna Kea Resort is in the foreground of this image.

Brown in Hawaii

A horse on the coast of Hawaii
A brown horse on the North Kohala coast.

This month’s Sunday Stills Color Challenge is ‘Brown.’ See more responses here.

I’ve gone for a selection of animals, mostly. Captions on the photos as usual.

Wild pigs in Hawaii
Brown and black wild pigs.
Cattle and a pig at Puuwaawaa in Hawaii
Cattle on the run, except that top one is really a pig!
Wild goats in Hawaii
Brown goats jogging across a brown landscape of dry grasses.
A brown anole in Hawaii
A brown anole, looking miffed.
Participants in the Kamehameha Day parade at Kapaau, Hawaii
At the Kamehameha Day parade earlier this year. The photographer has to be a mom or other relative with that matching dress!
Participants in the Kamehameha Day parade at Kapaau, Hawaii
Participants in the Kamehameha Day parade earlier this year.