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glacier_kitty ([personal profile] glacier_kitty) wrote2013-01-14 09:30 am
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Some Hawaii pics

Today's our last day in Hawaii. :( That make me sad..I like it here. I've become fond of the Hawaiian language too..it's so interesting and hard to pronounce haha. I read in Fairbanks there's freezing rain..ew. I'll be hard going back to reality..especially since school starts the day after we get back home. I'm gonna post the pics I have uploaded so far!


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Mt. Rainer in the sunrise!
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The expanse of the Pacific Ocean
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Land ahoy!
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Flying over old lava flows
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The view from Outback Steakhouse
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The view from our hotel room
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Awesome heated pool
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Looking out at 'Anaeho'omalu Bay. You try pronouncing that :P

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MY PALENESS IS BLINDING
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Underwater shot!
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Like Alaska Hawaii has gorgeous sunsets
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KITTY. *squee* You can see his unique markings in this pic
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Aww. I saw him yesterday too..I fed him bacon but I don't think he liked it as much as lobster :P
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Interesting tree
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We've hung out up here a lot
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Birdie! It's a Common Myna (I bought a Hawaii bird book haha..also Wikipedia :P). They like hanging around the hotels along with doves and sparrows..I love feeding them bread hehe. The sparrows are fast and steal whole pieces and fly away with them :P
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Either Mauna Loa or Mauna Kea in the distance. Waikoloa and the hotels are built on lava flows from the volcano
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I had to take this fast..I couldn't have hesitated or it would have already gone down!
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Coral while snorkeling
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Fish!
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Turtle!
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O HAI
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Green hills by Waimea..it reminded me of Wisconsin
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Waipio Valley..it's sacred to Hawaiians
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Haha I love this pic! One of the kitties at the shops in Waimea
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Green hills of Waimea. It's as high as Denver! Someone described it as "not fog, but clouds going through the city." I like that haha
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A cinder cone..these form when a volcano erupts and all the ash and stuff falls in the same place
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Regal king palms
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Mauna Loa (Long Mountain in Hawaiian). It's technically the biggest mountain on earth. From a website: At 60 miles long and 30 miles wide, it makes up half of the entire island. When one considers that the flanks of Mauna Loa sit on sea floor that is about 16,400 ft (5,000 M) deep, the "height" of this volcano relative to neighboring land (the sea floor) is more like 30,080 ft (9,170 m)! Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano in the world. In fact, using this last measure of its height, it is one of the tallest mountains in the world (although many mountains, such as Mt. Everest in the Himalaya mountain range, sit higher relative to sea level). All large land masses (such as mountains) also push down upon the Earth's crust due to their enormous weight. So, directly beneath Mauna Loa, the sea floor on which it sits is depressed by and additional 26,000 ft. Wowwww..that is crazyy. It last erupted in 1984
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The summit eruption of Kilauea!
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Big caldera
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A lava flow that went over the road in the 70s I think
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Fuzzy tree!
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These form when lava builds up on trees and they fall over
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Lava is so cool to look at
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This was fun to watch haha
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A'a lava (rubbly type lava) on top of pahoehoe lava (smoother and ropy looking). I love that I learned these things in that class before coming here and seeing it :P
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Lovely forest
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Birdie!
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Where the red fern grows?
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Lava tube
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The glow from Kilauea at night :D
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Cute hehe
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Pretty flowers
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Huge ficus tree
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He's tired :P
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People love taking these white rocks (actually dead coral) and writing their names and stuff in the lava along the highway. Dad and I did it when we were here last but I can't find it
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Interesting trees
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Lovely sunset
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More pics soon!

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