Tag Archives: Upolu

All kinds of storms

A great frigatebird flying off Upolui, Hawaii

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

I’ve gone with a few different kinds of storms starting with a Great Frigatebird or ʻIwa, which is known in Hawaii as a storm bird as they are considered indicators of approaching storms. Below is a rain storm in North Kohala on the road to Upolu.

The next two are scenes at Kawaihae port when the winds are whipping. A dirt storm above and a sand storm below.

Touch and go

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I don’t get down to Upolu as much as I used to, but recently I headed down that way and saw this large military aircraft looping around the airstrip. It was practicing touch and goes. I managed to get there in time to see it go around a couple of times before heading back to base in Oahu. I’m not sure what kind of plane this was, but clearly one of the large transport aircraft of the U.S. military.

The Numbers Game #104

Sea Monster — A sea monster lunging up? Actually, a Humpback Whale. The ‘lower jaw’ is a fin!

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

Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a hibiscus.

A tug and barge enters Kawaihae Harbor in Hawaii — Large Orange Sulphur Butterfly on a hibiscus.

Better watch out

I was hoping this bull would come towards me and/or lift its head up. Instead it kept eating, kept its eye on me, and kept its distance.

The Numbers Game #101

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.

A Cigar Wrasse not blending in with some Convict Tangs.

The Numbers Game #100

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 Blackstripe Coris.

The flower of a milo tree in Hawaii — A Milo flower

Black and white, some in color

Black and white cars in Kailua Kona in Hawaii — I was photographing the building, but realized later that all the vehicles were white except for the one black one. What are the chances?

This week’s Sunday Stills color challenge theme is ‘Black (and/or) Black-and-White.’ See more responses here.

Black straw-filled tubes in Hawaii — A writhing mass of straw-filled sausages, used to prevent runoff from a building site.

Black and white image of clouds over Upolu Airport in Hawaii — A writhing mass of straw-filled sausages, used to prevent runoff from a building site.

Tires stacked in a shipping container in Hawaii — Tires in a shipping container.

Black and white image of a fan in Hawaii — Tires in a shipping container.

The Numbers Game #81

A Red Scooter in Hawi, Hawaii — A scooter I see often in Hawi.

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

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

Venus seen in Hawaii at sunrise — Ambon Toby.

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Life on the Big Island of Hawaii