Sunday, February 22, 2009

Great White Lunch Time??


Very interesting! It is actually the upper half of the tail fluke of a playing baby whale.

Baby Whale Watch, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii







Here are a series of photos of a baby whale that breached about 17 times. As you can see, it performed near shore. Mother, though out of sight, was right next to her youngster the whole time!! Can you imagine what folks would be doing if mom was breaching there?

Whale Watch Trip




It has taken four years to get some decent breaching shots. This guy was actually one of a pair that was breaching at the same time(within 1.5 seconds of each other).

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Haleiwa Visitor



On his way to visit the scene of LOST, this green sea turtle looks sharp hoping to be noticed by the presently absent producers, or even the security guard. He even supplies his own close-up portrait.

Haleiwa LOST


My wife grew up on this beach and our favorite campsite was or is LOST over to the left.

Sunday, February 1, 2009

Volcanic Eruption Hawaii







The photos show Ocean Entry, the Pu'u O'o vent with ocean entry about three miles distant, and a kipuka, an area missed by the lava flow, but surrounded by it. The residence in the kipuka is used as a bed and breakfast with access by helicopter.