I was driving up the hill to work, when I noticed the sunrise, over the lower slopes of Hualalai, was illuminating the ridge exactly. It was also creating an angled wedge of shadow on the opposite side of the volcano.
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Mauna Loa erupts in November 2022, seen on my drive to work.
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A giant illuminated duck!Hapuna Beach.Flooding on the drive home.Cinnabar Polypores fungi.A Hawk Moth caterpillar.Clianthus puniceus in my old garden in Washington State.
I’ve always thought this would be a great place to see a flash flood, or at least a little to one side of here. This is a culvert through an embankment of the old Kohala railway. Most of the time, it’s dry as a bone, but when it rains a good deal of water would be funneled through this spot.
These days, round pipes, made of steel or heavy duty plastic, are often used for culverts. This square concrete one looks built to last.
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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 175. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
Tenacious plants grow in a lava flow.A Cigar Wrasse in a school of Whitebar Surgeonfishes.A view of Kohala Mountain from the trail up Pu’u WaaWaa.A bee on a Wiliwili flower.A Four-humped Stink Bug.The sign for the Banana Leaf Cafe in Hawi. It never opened!
The top photo shows a view of Hualalai under cloudy skies, taken from the water yesterday morning.
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.
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Building houses in Hapuna Resort, with a good view of Maui.A gin and tonic is a welcome drink on a hot afternoon.A Yellow-billed Cardinal sees itself in the glass of my car. For the full sequence, see here.Lava oozes on my first visit to Hawaii in 2010.Forgotten on the beach at Spencer Park.The very popular beach at Kua Bay.
Early morning light on the Kohala Mountain hillside.
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 171. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.
A Gold Dust Day Gecko on a pink banana.A switchback on the Kilauea Iki Trail.Ripples in the water of ʻAimakapā Fishpond at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park.A Common Waxbill feeds on cane grass seeds.Hawaiian Stilts.African Silverbills at a window. See the full sequence here