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Pulling into port in Hilo, we see our first of many waterfalls on the coast. |
Sun rising on Mauna Loa as we still cruise in. |
The clouds lift and we see that even Hawaii can get snow! |
Trip to a Macadamian nut factory where we find our first batch of beautiful tropical flowers. |
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| More flowers |
Halema'uma'u crater at Volcano National Park |
A little closer look. The plumes of yellow in the center are sulfur rising up. |
Deb in front of what used to be a lake of molton lava, back in the day. |
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| Ditto for me |
More snow capped tops, from a safe warm distance. |
Steam escaping from a rock pile. I was the volunteer to hike to this area to see what was there. |
A view from the inside of the Thurston Lava Tube. |
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More flowers at a botanical garden stop. |
Can you ever see enough of these colors? |
Next up is a visit to Rainbow Falls. |
Deb poses for the film camera (Excuse the scan) |
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| My turn |
Appropriately enough, a rainbow at Rainbow Falls. |
The cruise ship takes a detour to Kilauea to see the lava flowing into the ocean at night. |
These are the best I could do ... which is way better then the rest of our group! |