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The Numbers Game #121

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The firehose of lava, in 2017, from Pu'u O'o vent at Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
The firehose of lava from Pu’u O’o vent during an eruption in 2017.

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

The top photo and the first gallery are photos that haven’t run on the blog before. I don’t know why I never ran the top one, though I had a lot of good photos to choose from that day.

Tropical foliage in Hawaii
Tropical foliage.
A Catatante Pacific Sunspots Orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
A Catatante ‘Pacific Sunspots’ orchid at Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden.
Tree trunks at Kalopa State Park in Hawaii
Tree trunks at Kalopa State Park.
Nishimura Bay on the Big Island, Hawaii
Nishimura Bay on the Kohala Coast.
View of Mauna Kea from Pu'u Wa'awa'a bench
A view of Mauna Kea from Hualalai.
Usually waves are seen on the water, but here at Waialea, the waves are light and sand below the water.
Dappled light on sandy ridges off the Kohala Coast.

The Numbers Game #120

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A Chinese hibiscus flower
A pink hibiscus.

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 242. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here. Also posted for Terri’s Flower Hour. See more responses here.

A wandering tattler at Kiholo, Hawaii
A Wandering Tattler on the shoreline.
The logo on a Honda Metropolitan scooter
Metropolitan scooter logo.
A window display at Old Hawaiian Trading Company window in Kapaau, Hawaii
Window display at the Old Hawaiian Trading Company in Kapaau.
The NOAA EV Nautilus off the coast of Hawaii
The EV Nautilus doing research off Lapakahi.
A zebra moray eel in the waters of the Big Island.
A Zebra Moray Eel turns a corner!
Monk Seal with an itch.

The Numbers Game #119

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A pair of yellow tang dance in the sunlight
Yellow Tangs in a courtship display I think.

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

A hapuu fern on the Big Island
A Hapu‘u fern.
A rock on the North Kohala coast, which looks like a guard dog
I call this Guard Dog Rock!
Bathtub rings on the walls of Puapo'o lava tube
Ranger Dean points out bathtub rings in Puapo’o Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A mud puddle dries on the Big Island
A drying mud puddle.
An ironwood tree with its cascading foliage
An Ironwood tree.
An Assassin Bug!

The Numbers Game #118

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A small cruise ship sails off the coast of the Big Island in Hawaii at sunset
A small cruise ship sails off the coast of the Big Island at 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 240. Captions are on the photos. You can see more responses here.

A Pueo, or Hawaiian short-eared owl, sits on a post beside Old Saddle Road on the Big Island.
A Pueo on alert.
A pair of Hawiian Stilts at the Kaloko Fishpond at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
Hawaiian Stilts at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
A cackling goose on the Big Island
A Cackling Goose flying by at Upolu. They’re rarely seen in Hawaii.
A clump of Beechey bamboo on the Big Island of Hawaii
A stand of Beechey Bamboo.
Cows are rounded up for milking on one of the Big Island’s two remaining dairy farms.
Rounding up the cows for milking at the dairy at Upolu.
A roseate skimmer dragonfly at Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park.
A Roseate Skimmer Dagonfly flits over a tide pool.

The Numbers Game #117

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A Whitemouth Moray Eel.

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

The L&L Hawaiian Barbecue restaurant in Kapaau at night
L&L Barbecue in Kapaau.
White Bengal tiger, Tzatziki, rests in the shade
Tzatziki resting at Pana’ewa Zoo in Hilo.
Wild Turkeys.
A bee in a cannonball tree flower in Hawaii
A bee in a Cannonball Tree flower.
Shadows on a beach in Hawaii
Shadows on the beach.
A View of Hualali from a bench on Pu'u Wa'awa'a, Hawaii
A bench on Pu’u Wa’awa’a with a view of Hualali.

The Numbers Game #116

Telescopes seen from the trail to Mauna Kea summit in Hawaii
Telescopes on Mauna Kea seen from the trail to the summit.

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

Maui Pau rider decorations
A rider in the Kamehameha Day parade at Kapaau.
People descend to the green sand beach near South Point in Hawaii
People descending to the green sand beach near South Point.
A chub cleans itself against a rock
Chubs cleaning themselves by rubbing against a rock.
A Konane game board at Lapakahi, Hawaii
A Kōnane game board at Lapakahi.
Morning dew on grass in Hawaii
Morning dew.
The Kalahikiola Congregational Church in Kapaau, Hawaii
Kalāhikiola Congregational Church near Kapaau.

The Numbers Game #115

A Japanese White-eye feeds on a Japanese Aloe in Hawaii
A Japanese White-eye feeds at a Japanese Aloe flower.

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

A bee flies to a Japanese Aloe flower
A bee approaches a Japanese Aloe flower.
A Nene goose with a bend in its neck in Hawaii
A Nene wondering if I’m a chiropractor!
A Hawaiian beet webworm moth (spoladea recurvalis) in Hawaii
Hawaiian beet webworm moth (spoladea recurvalis).
A view from the air of Kohala By The Sea in Hawaii
A view of Kohala By The Sea.
A canopy of ferns in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Looking down on the fern canopy on the way to Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
A hen with her chicks
A hen with a bevy of chicks near Honokohau Harbor.

The Numbers Game #114

A Black-crowned night heron on a mooring cleat in Hawaii
A Black-crowned Night Heron on a mooring cleat in Kawaihae Harbor, Hawaii

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

Wasps building a nest
Wasps building a nest.
Lava from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o vent pours into the ocean.
Lava from Kilauea’s Pu’u O’o vent pours into the ocean.
Plumbago auriculata is a fairly common shrub most notable for its stunning blue flowers.
Plumbago auriculata flowers.
A great frigatebird angles into the winds of tropical storm Darby.
A Great Frigatebird angles into the winds of tropical storm Darby.
V-22 Osprey aircraft at Upolu Airport.
A katydid in Hawaii
A Katydid up close.