Hawaii (Big Island) - January 2009

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Lucky Farm B&B

Bananas
Macadamia nuts
Sunset
(Lucky Farm)


Kahalu'u Beach

Find the turtle in this picture


Whale Watching with Captain Dan McSweeney

Lots of humpback whales:

And some spinner dolphins:

(Whale Watching with Captain Dan McSweeney)


Helicopter tour (from Hilo)

Looking back at Hilo
Lava and forest
Lava flowing into the ocean
I think the differently colored water here is where the lava is piling up
The shiny parts are the new, hot lava
We landed at a B&B which is surrounded on all sides by lava - pretty much the only thing left standing in the Royal Gardens subdivision
The road that goes past his house...
... but not much farther
The newest lava here is from October 2008
Our helicopter and pilot
The one bit of red lava we saw, peeking out from a lava tube
The Pu'u O'o Crater - this is where all the recent lava is coming from
A giant macadamia orchard


Hiking to the Pu'u Huluhulu summit

The view of Pu'u O'o Crater from the summit


The Thurston Lava Tube

Stalactites


A view of the Kilauea crater, from I'm not sure where


Night Lava Viewing from the end of Highway 130

If you don't have a tripod and a camera that can do long exposures, this is about all you can get (it was much cooler in person)


Hawaiian Tropical Bonatical Garden

All sorts of nifty flowers
Waterfalls
Pink pineapples!
Jungle
A cannonball tree
(Hawaiian Tropical Bonatical Garden)


'Akaka Falls

The falls