East side, Lush side

Rainbow Falls

Looking downstream from Rainbow Falls

Natural pool geo-thermally warmed by lava in Kapoho

Down and Around South Point

Would you jump?

The mystical state bird- the Hawaiian goose aka the Nene

Hiking down to the Kilauea Iki Crater

Holei Sea Arch

     
 

    Directly outside the lab I work in, where pods of dolphins play and jump around in the morning and manta rays come to feast at night for divers' and snorkelers' delights.

Pele's Fury

   
    The lava lake within the Kilauea crater had risen enough to be able to see and hear it spurting,         spewing, and splashing. This is the best my smartphone could do to capture the glory of seeing magma.

Trudging around Kealakekua

The southernmost point in the USA

                      All that shimmers is olivine, an olive-green mineral produced by Kilauea

   Can you see the olivine?

Here I have..

     Removed invasive plants from ancient Hawaiian fish ponds in Kiholo

    Walked on the Kilauea crater floor and seen it glow at night

    And counted humpback whales and recorded their behavior (i.e. how many times they breach, spout, dive, and slap the water with their tail or pectoral fins every half hour) for NOAA