Well it is another rainy weekend day here in paradise so no diving for me. I also am having ongoing issues with my underwater housing so very few underwater shots. I am lucky I didn't ruin my camera on Friday. I offer for your amusement some photos taken this weekend.
When it rains the Pali (cliffs) above Kaneohe become a festival of waterfalls.
Kahe Point, Oahu
Flame Ginger
I think. Not good with plant/flower names.
Waianae Coast Near Makaha
Water
Humpback Whale Tail
Waterfalls
The Pali that runs along the east side of Oahu is the eroded remnant of the headwall of a humongous ancient landslide. Approximately 2 million years ago the northeastern half of the old Ko'olau volcano collapsed into the ocean in a spectacular event known as the Nu'uanu Slide. There is a debris field of rock stretching 120 miles northeast of Oahu on the sea floor. It is estimated that over 700 cubic miles of rock slide into the sea creating a tsunami of several hundred feet in the Hawaiian Islands and possibly as high as 200 feet in Southern California. Wow!
Day Octopus
Waianae Coast
The Pali
You can see the "Stairway to Heaven" cable/stairway up the cliff just to the right of the waterfall. It is currently not legal to make this spectacular hike but people still sneak in and make the trip. I am not sure what is happening on getting permission to reopen the "trail".
Green Turtle
No, this is NOT Mitch McConnell!
Kahe Point
AND NOW FOR BOOBIES!!!
Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
From Wikipedia:
The Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about 76 centimetres (30 in) in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail. While these birds are typically silent, bird watchers have reported occasional sounds similar to grunting or quacking.
Their heads and backs are black, and their bellies are white. Their beaks are quite sharp and contain many jagged edges. They have short wings and long, tapered tails.
This species breeds on islands and coasts in the pantropical areas of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. They frequent the breeding grounds of the islands in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. This bird nests in large colonies, laying two chalky blue eggs on the ground in a mound of broken shells and vegetation. It winters at sea over a wider area.
Brown Booby pairs may remain together over several seasons. They perform elaborate greeting rituals.
Brown Boobies are spectacular divers, plunging into the ocean at high speed. They mainly eat small fish or squid which gather in groups near the surface and may catch leaping fish while skimming the surface. Although they are powerful and agile fliers, they are particularly clumsy in takeoffs and landings; they use strong winds and high perches to assist their takeoffs.
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Aloha!
Evening Storm Clouds