So many topics rattling around in my brain. The sunny hot breezy weathers continue, perhaps a delayed summer? Whatever or whyever itʻs being gratefully enjoyed. Some mornings itʻs difficult to get systems in line and firing on all cylinders so I can begin doing this. But here we be and here we go... Friends contribute to this effort in many ways: sharing photos, insightful comments, kōkua with ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi, and general enthusiasms. To all, and for all, I am immensely grateful.
Those whoʻve been readers since we started this in May 2018, might wonder if He doth repeateth too much. This is post #223, and I donʻt think any can remember with certainty what I said when. And too, Iʻm a firm believer that Repetition Makes It Stick. Especially after a certain age. Hoping that "Ohhhh...I remember that..." is the reaction...
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I had the good fortune to visit Jill in February 2020 with Papa and Chris. A hybrid caught my eye: Halemaʻumaʻu. Named because the colors, their shadings, remind...
And then another big favorite:
After Pelehonuamea returned Wednesday last, Thursdayʻs weathers disappointed many...fogvoggy...but even in misty rain she can be seen. The image below was shared by
ln, taken late Friday night. Looks to me like the colors of the inner whorls of pua aloalo Halemaʻumaʻu.
Many seem to favor "dark" to go see lava. The drama, as above, and captured by painters of the Volcano School
is, well...dramatic. But. Iʻm a geographer. Knowing where I am is important. And that knowing is informed by my seeing. Literally seeing, as opposed to virtual seeing via sundry device screens. Gotta look and see to understand. Gotta...
So. Nighttime is too...dark. I favor dawn (itʻs so much quieter then), or dusk if I must (end of day tired, less alert). We get to enjoy context, and a wider range of color. Like this shared by dkr, captured at Uēkahuna, 093021 at 536a. Now THIS is a WOW...
The two silhouetted trees above are the ones below, slightly offset. But I digress...
Letʻs see dawn again. I donʻt want you to have to scroll updownup...
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| He kāne ihu ʻūpepe me ka ʻumiʻumi kāwelewele (kr) |
Above: You know how when you look at clouds, sometimes you see things that remind you of objects? Look! The cloud look like one hawk! [This actually was seen over Kaluapele a few years ago. And two days ago at Uēkahuna an ʻio soared past. ] Look! Get one [fill in the blank]!
In kēia ao (this cloud), I immediately saw the profile of a man with a flat nose and a wispy goatee. Heʻs gazing northeast. Toward Palikapuokamohoaliʻi [Pali-kapu-o-Kamohoaliʻi]. And see the white dot by his upper eyelash? The star Sirius. Hōkūhoʻokelewaʻa. Below, from the 1865 Andrewʻs Dictionary.
HOO-KE-LEv. See KELE, to slip; to slide along. To sail, as the master of a ship or canoe.
2. To direct or steer a ship or canoe; to hold the helm.
Kamohoaliʻi is a brother of Pele. When the family sailed up from Kahiki (Tahiti), he, in the form of a shark, guided he canoe. The pali at what is the "Kīlauea Overlook" in the Park is named for him.
And some accounts have Pele coming from Papenoʻo, her valley home on Tahiti:
Little did I know, when I took the above in August 1985, that it would be a piece of a jigsaw puzzle. One piece at a time, being assembled to share versions of stories.
When I sit and write these, there is no plan or outline. Simply a kernel of an idea. Then we go our often merry way and see where we end up.
Yesterday I ended up spending a couple hours at the Uēkahuna Monument. The first formal complete Western survey of Kaluapele that helped produce a detailed map was in 1880ʻs, and the UM is the concrete survey station. A benchmark is nearby. The UM is a specific site, seen below, and is at the NE part of the wider papa Uēkahuna (Uēkahuna plateau). Same place as the dawn pic above.
Below, standing at the cable by the orange-safety-fence-enshrouded monument...see the very dark green spherical faya tree?
Above top of said tree, see the pale grey dot at the base of the far wall? Itʻs a boulder perched on the edge of the loko ahi, the lava lake. The horizontal darkness is crust a little older. Below, parallel to and also horizontal, is fresh, silvery-skinned crust. Flashes of redorange pele could be seen.
Below is an image from the B1 webcam. The rim of the lake crust is black. Lake of active pele is perched, raised above, the slightly older crust.
Better light and definition below.
The pale grey dot seen and referenced above is at the bottom left edge of the lake crust. UM viewpoint is way up to the right. Two primary areas of fountaining, and fume rising from the edge of the Kamapuaʻa-shaped island, are seen below from the thermal camera high on the far rim.
What used to be the west vent is growing as crust sticks to it. Itʻs that lower mass of dark purple. From this angle, Kama is in the middle. The new west vent at bottom right. And the loko ahi is encircled by a lei of purple, slightly older and cooler pele.
And we know that two favorites of Pele are pua lehua
and ʻōhelo...
Regarding fortuitous synchronicities. While at Uēkahuna yesterday, I had the pleasure of reliving and refreshing memories. A hālau hula whose kumu Iʻve known for a long long time was also at Uēkahuna, conducting ritual, and too, hula for Pele. Those whose timing was impeccable enough to allow them to witness it watched from a distance in respectful silence. Another one of those chickenskin WOW moments one cannot plan. A man from the Northeast US was particularly affected and afterwards expressed his sincere gratitudes for being in the right place at absolutely the perfect time.
noho i waho ... a maliu
be outside ... pay attention
And so it goes. As always, with aloha,
BobbyC
maniniowali@gmail.com
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