Hawaii (Big Island) - January 2008

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Hiking at South Point, where we were looking for the green sand beach, which we failed to find, because we started a bit late

Still light out at the start...
The sun is setting...
It's getting darker...
And darker...
And there's the moon

Volcanoes National Park

Looking into the crater
There's steam
And more steam
If you have enough steam, and the sunlight is just right, you get a steambow

The Thurston Lava Tube

The entrance (cue the theme from Raiders of the Lost Ark)
Roots growing down through the ceiling
Us, at the very end of the second, unlit, half of the tube (it took about five tries before we got a picture where I didn't look totally startled by the flash)

The Kilauea Iki Trail, which crosses a crater adjacent to the main Kilauea crater

Looking down into the crater
The start of the trail across the crater floor (it was raining)
Lava...
... some of which looked like broken pavement

Snorkeling in Kealakekua Bay, home of the Captain Cook monument

Me
Maureen
Fishies
More fishies
(We were using a disposable underwater camera here, which had the advantage of being cheap, and the disadvantage of taking mediocre photos.)

The Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel

Mmm, fruity drinks
Us, at the hotel
Sunset