2010 » Hawaii

Theresa and I get rained on in eleven distinct climates on Hawaii's big island

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Theresa's jaunty hat, departing ATL. The jauntiness of...	The floor of Kilauea, the most active volcano in Hawaii	This haze would stay with us - we'd flown into drizzle on...	This crater is an older one, the one that was spewing...	The walls of the crater are about 400-500 feet high.
The mounded hill on the far side of the crater is the...	The flat floor of the crater is the surface of the lava...	The steam vents are caused by rain water running through...	As we worked our way down, we started seeing these things.	The stalks are about one and a half inches wide ....
The heads are bigger than softballs.	As they grow they shed the fibrous material and reveal...	Depending on the age of the plant, the stalks may grow up...	The individual coils begin to spread out as the plant grow.	It's all very fractal. This is the third iteration of...
IMG 9541	Finally, you see actual leaves.	The final result. Appropriatey enough, they are called...	Another fern in the rain forest on the crater rim. This...	Detail of the second species of fern. I didn't find out...

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