Pō'ahā, Kēlēmapa Iwakālua Kūmālua

I Ka Ua Kani Lehua!  The sound of the rain on the leaves!

Today's trip to the Hawai'i Botanical Gardens was mixed with both sun and rain.  The rain makes for some spectacular waterfalls and rainbows.  The sun warms the skin after the rain has passed, and the air has a soothing refreshing scent of fragrant flowers.  Walk through the gardens envelopes you in a wondrous world of enchantment, solitude and awe.  Aloha!

Uauahi

Smoke On The Water

While driving north from Na'ālehu to Hilo, just reaching the scenic overlook along highway 11, I spied this plume of Volcanic Steam rising out of the ocean where the lava meets the sea. Normally, you would never see this because the VOG (Volcanic Fog) is so thick it looks like clouds.  The winds changed enough to see this in the distance.

Another View

This view of where the lava meets the ocean is looking from Kalapana towards Na'ālehu.  It is a stunning view of the steam rising into the air.  Uauahi means smokey.

It's our rainy season here, so that means chilly mornings and heavy rain.  Lucky I live Hawai'i.  A hui hou!

Aloha

Aloha kakou, i keia manawa, e huaka'i ana kākou i Moku o Keawe.
(Hello everyone, at this time, we will travel to the Big Island of Hawai'i)

Click on the Picture to see a larger view.

The picture is a photo from the Space Shuttle as it passed over the State of Hawai'i. The picture shows the southern tip of the Big Island which is the youngest Island in the chain of Islands known as Hawai'i.

From this picture, you can clearly see South Point on the left. It is the southern most point in the Hawaiian Island chain, and it is the southern most point in the United States of America.

To the right is the Halema'uma'u Caldera, the Pu'u 'O'o vent and the entry point where the lava enters the ocean, it can be clearly seen from space. VOG, which is short for Volcanic (F)OG, it is mainly sulfur dioxide clouds that pass over and around the island.

And then, there is where we live. In the Puna district on the southern east side of the island.

Aloha,