Tag Archives: The Numbers Game

The Numbers Game #103

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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.

The Numbers Game #102

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Sunset over Kohala
North Kohala sunset.

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 224. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A gecko sparkles in the sunlight
A gold dust day gecko at eye level
A gallery of Gold Dust Day Geckos.
Assassin Bug.
Monarch Butterfly.
A memorial on the Kohala coast.
Memorial on the coast with Maui in the background.

The Numbers Game #101

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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.

The Numbers Game #100

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Small planes at Upolu Airport, Hawaii
A fly-in at Upolu AIrport

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 222. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

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

A female blackstripe coris in the waters off Hawaii
A Blackstripe Coris.
A spotted pufferfish in the waters off the Big Island of Hawaii
A Spotted Pufferfish.
A spotted eagle ray swims off the Big Island, Hawaii
A Spotted Eagle Ray.
The flower of a milo tree in Hawaii
A Milo flower
Nenes with gosling.
A rainbow over North Kohala, Hawaii
A rainbow on the road to Hawi.

The Numbers Game #99

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A grasshopper on a windshield in Hawaii
A grasshopper on a windshield.

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 221. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

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

A Green Turtle in Kiholo Bay.
A Pacific Golden Plover, also at Kiholo.
Breakfast strikes back
This Chinese Rose Beetle escaped being breakfast for this Green Anole, leaving the anole embarrassed.
Cattle on the edge!
An aquaculture farm off the Kona coast.
Workers prepare to remove and electrical transformer
Workers installing a new transformer in my driveway. Couldn’t get by until they were done!

The Numbers Game #98

Lahaina noon at Kawaihae, Hawaii
Where’s the shadow? It’s Lahaina noon! Original post here.

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 220. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

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

Great Frigatebirds on the wing.
A Fiery Skipper butterfly on a Tree Heliotrope.
A bee approaching an agave flower.
Rainbow over a tsunami siren.
A snowflake moray eel in the rocks
A Snowflake Eel playing peekaboo.
Spencer Beach Park at Kawaihae.

The Numbers Game #97

A Goldring Surgeonfish and its shadow, or is it? It looks that way, but the shadow is a different fish!

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 219. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

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

A juvenile Threadfin Jack, one of my favorite fish.
Raindrops on shiny metal.
A shoal of Yellow Tangs having breakfast.
HIghfin Chubs cruising just below the water surface.
A young mourning gecko hides under a tire.
A Mourning Gecko choosing a bad hiding place.
A bee in the flower of a Cannonball Tree.

The Numbers Game #96

The space tracking station near South Point.

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 218. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A fireweed control moth (Secusio extensa)
Two Pacific Day Octopuses.
A bee clambers out of a water cooler after collecting water for the hive.
The beach at Keawaiki.
A Monk Seal and pup at Kekaha Kai.
A tug and barge entering Kawaihae harbor.