Photos from my trip to the Big Island of Hawaii in February 2000 with Dina Franz. We stayed with my niece Anna and her boyfriend Corey in Captain Cook (on the Kona side) and my niece Shawna in Hilo. Highlights of the trip included snorkeling (photos at the end), hiking in valleys with no roads, the amazing flora, and two long hikes (half by night) to see active lava flows.

Click on any image to see the full sized version. All photos taken with a Nikon Coolpix 950 digital camera, unretouched in any way, except for the last 12, 8 of which were taken with a Nikon FE2, and 4 of which were taken with a cheap, disposable underwater camera.

There are three animations of lava flowing. Click on the thumbnail to see the animation, or click here to see all three animations strung together (1.5 MB download).

Ahu'ena Heiau (Kailua) 156k 1024x768	Anna and Corey at Pololu 167k 1024x768	"Take Those Off!" 168k 1024x768	Pololu Valley 243k 768x1024
Dina the Nymph 314k 768x1024	Mule Riders 334k 768x1024	Rock Cairn 314k 768x1024	Corey and Anna 226k 768x1024
Tree Roots 188k 1024x768	Sunset at Hapuna Beach 159k 1024x768	Wm and Dina 164k 1024x768	Corey with hand in spring 177k 1024x768
Hapuna Beach 164k 1024x768	Outrigger Canoe 277k 768x1024	Dina and Friends 221k 768x1024	Beach Guardian 216k 768x1024
Pu'uhonua O Honaunau 295k 768x1024	Ka Lae (South Point) 156k 1024x768	Furthest South in USA 169k 1024x768	Windmills 159k 1024x768
Lava on Pali (cliffs) 159k 1024x768	Buried Road 230k 768x1024	Pahoehoe Lava 189k 1024x768	Sulfur Vent 163k 1024x768
Active Lava Tubes 165k 1024x768	Lava Flow 173k 1024x768	Different Angle 169k 1024x768	A Few Seconds Later 178k 1024x768
Active Lava on the Pali 179k 1024x768	Top of Pali and Mauna Loa 157k 1024x768	Endangered Nene Geese 173k 1024x768	Nene Goose 192k 768x1024
Kilauea and HaleMa'uma'u 156k 1024x768	Holei Sea Arch 287k 768x1024	Lava like Turtle 188k 1024x768	Colorful Lava Flows 190k 1024x768
Plume where Lava Enters Ocean 162k 1024x768	Chunks of Boiling Lava 164k 1024x768	Lava Tumulus 174k 1024x768	Dina on Pahoehoe 178k 1024x768
Lava Toes 186k 1024x768	Pele's Hair 175k 1024x768	Pahoehoe Flow 168k 1024x768	Ferns in Lava 167k 1024x768
Skylight 179k 1024x768	Cooling Lava (still red hot) 172k 1024x768	Lava Vents 175k 1024x768	Lava Vent 171k 1024x768
Pahoehoe and A'a Flows 174k 1024x768	View down Active Flow 315k 768x1024	Active Lava Tube 166k 1024x768	Lava Tube 243k 768x1024
A'a Lava Flow 183k 1024x768	Lava Tube 168k 1024x768	Active Tube and Plume 170k 1024x768	Dina 186k 1024x768
Skylights 308k 768x1024	Lava fall 128k 1024x768	From about 10 Feet Away 137k 1024x768	Spreading Out 127k 1024x768
Animation 1 398k 480x640	Animation 2 706k 480x640	Animation 3 440k 640x480	From about 5 Feet Away 129k 1024x768
Shawna 160k 1024x768	Bromeliad in Banyan Tree 186k 1024x768	Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden 263k 768x1024	Dina and Haliconia 283k 768x1024
Haliconia 317k 768x1024	Huge Red Banana Leaf 183k 1024x768	Haliconia 174k 1024x768	Cocoa 325k 768x1024
Fern Fiddlehead 246k 768x1024	Screw Pine 277k 768x1024	Cat's Whiskers 244k 768x1024	Palm 185k 1024x768
Passion Flower 168k 1024x768	Pond with Koi 191k 1024x768	Spathophylum (Peace Lily) 176k 1024x768	Orchid 195k 1024x768
Cannonball Tree 350k 768x1024	Palm 183k 1024x768	Rainbow Falls (Hilo) 190k 1024x768	Waipio Valley 240k 768x1024
Beach Guardian and Friend 48k 507x695	Underwater Fish 74k 658x617	Turtle (from above) 79k 716x445	Turtle (from below) 29k 760x264
Swimming Turtle 77k 735x506	Swimming Turtle 75k 749x533	Hiking to see Lava 42k 673x486	New Black Sand Beach 85k 709x478
Lots of Lava! 89k 870x636	Hot Lava! 86k 828x588	Plume at Night 6k 655x356	Steaming Lava! 67k 754x441

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