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The color of water

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Small fish swim in Kiholo Lagoon in Hawaii
Little fish swim in the glacier blue waters of Kiholo Lagoon.

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

I’m going with some abstract images from my archives. No text with these except for some brief captions.

Late afternoon light on the ocean off Hawaii
Late afternoon sun on the ocean.
Water from an infinity pool in Hawaii
The runoff from an infinity pool.
Patterns in a lagoon in Hawaii
Wavy ripples are this color…
Ripples in a pool in Hawaii
…and straight ripples are this color … sometimes.
Greenery reflected in a lagoon in Hawaii
Green water in a tree-lined lagoon.
An abstract of colors in the waters off Hawaii
Shimmering colors.
Tide pool colors in Hawaii
Impressionist colors.
Water ripples in a tide pool in Hawaii
Sparkling colors.
An abstract of colors in the waters off Hawaii
Glittering colors.
A sailboat at sunset in the waters off Hawaii
And before the light goes, a splash of red.

Crossing the line

Late afternoon sun of the coast of Kohala, Hawaii

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

The current eruption at Kilauea has been putting out a considerable amount of vog. This volcanic haze can make life difficult for people, causing respiratory and other medical complications. But it can also cause colorful skies.

I was driving home from work last week on a day when the vog was heavy and the sky glowed. There wasn’t much wind – another reason the vog has been hanging around – so the ocean was calm. I’d stopped to take photos once, but when I saw this little boat heading for this band of sunlight, I pulled over again.

I’d lucked into a quiet break in the traffic and was far enough from the coast that there was no sound from waves coming ashore or from the boat’s engine. I watched for a while until the boat crossed the glittering band, before returning to my car and heading home.