A fine afternoon in Mountain View, playing frisbee and volleyball on the grass. With a few breaks to eat macaroons, lemon pound cake and portuguese chocolates.
Tasseomancy
Today in pseudoscience, fortune says my mouth will be tasting like
coffee grounds for the rest of the day.
coffee grounds for the rest of the day.
National Parks - Puuhonua o Honaunau
This puʻuhonua (place of refuge) was used by the indigenous Hawaiians up until the 19th century, and no harm could come to those who reached the grounds beyond the Great Wall.
Hale o Keawe temple
the Great Wall
Ki’i (wooden statues) guarding the temple
And this adorable little ki'i decided to take a selfie ("Uga Buga!")
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.
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