National Parks - Hawaii Volcanoes

Kīlauea's summit caldera

Halemaʻumaʻu crater trail

Thurston lava tube

inside the caldera

Chain of Craters Road

Kīlauea's night glow

Gold Dust Day Geckos

And it wouldn't be a hawaiian breakfast without Kona coffee and geckos stealing your papaya, now would it?

Tidepools and Reef Fish

Champagne Pond

Moray eels

a delicate Starfish

Stunning electric orange hermit crabs

Sea urchin

Sea cucumber

Moorish idols

Corals

Two Step

Ruddy Turnstone, always in search of the next meal

the endangered green sea turtles

the alien like shingle urchins

a school of Yellow Tangs

Butterflyfish

Surgeonfish

Trumpetfish

Parrotfish

And the perfect message to end the snorkeling day, written on the ocean floor:

Swimming with Manta Rays

This was one of the most amazing underwater experiences I've ever had. After the sun set, immersed in the darkness of the Pacific Ocean, I observed the gracefulness of these gentle creatures performing an impressive underwater ballet, just inches away from me... and it made me shiver.

As Portas Que Abril Abriu

(...) "E então por vinhas sobredos vales socalcos searas serras atalhos veredas lezírias e praias claras desceram homens sem medo marujos soldados «páras» que não queriam o degredo dum povo que se separa. E chegaram à cidade onde os monstros se acoitavam era a hora da verdade para as hienas que mandavam a hora da claridade para os sóis que despontavam e a hora da vontade para os homens que lutavam." (...)

Ary dos Santos