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| First sightseeing on the Big Island: Akaka Falls | Odd tropical plants all around the park | On the way down, through a small bamboo grove | A rather tall Banian tree |
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| Moss-covered bamboo | A very tall tree | The first glimpse of Kahuna falls | Kush tropical foliage |
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| Another foliage | On the way to Akaka falls | Akaka falls is near | Akaka falls |
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| It had rained quite a bit | Another odd-looking tropical plant | The famous Waipio lookout | Beautiful cliff with a small waterfall in the distance |
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| Waipio on a cloudy day | The beach down in Waipio | Volcano National Park | Some coming from vents all over the place |
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| Very large crater | A very nice and easy trail in Volcano | Volcanic vents | Volcanic vents along the trail |
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| Another one | Used and prized to make leis | The boardwalk to the sulphur vents | Sulphiuric vents |
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| The boardwalk | Stinky sulphur | More sulphur | And again |
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| Folcanic fumes, which cause vog, can be really heavy | Rock piles are native religious symbols | A very large crater again | Middle view of the crater |
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| Right side of the crater | An offering to the gods | Another offering | On the South Shore, the marks left by the last volcanic eruption |
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| Dried lava | Dried lava | A small palmtree grove on lava | Road closed due to lava |
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| The lava field | Interesting lava | Lava can be very brittle and hazardous | Lava hitting the ocean on the horizon, with much steam |
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| Waves hitting the lava | A very odd coast | The entrance of a lava tube | Inside the lava tube |
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| This used to be a beach. Now beachfront property has become lavafront property | Mauna Kea from the hotel, on a clear morning in Hilo (yes, there are clear mornings in Hilo) | Rainbow falls | Huge Banian forest next to Rainbow alls |
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| On the way up to Mauna Kea, extinct volcanoes | Another extinct volcano | Taking pictures | Snow on the side of the road |
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| View of volcanoes from the top | One of the many observatories | More observatories on top of extinct volcanoes | More observatories and volcanoes |
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| Extinct volcanoes | A native altar on the top of a volcano, with offerings | Really cool volcano | On top of Mauna Kea |
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| On top of Mauna Kea | Mauna Kea Ice Age | Invisible cows?? | Plant growth on lava |
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| Kamehameha in Hawi | Popolu valley close to Hawi | Stunning view of the coast | Beautiful coast |
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| Funny stop sign in Waimea | The incredible Hilo airport | ||