Mayhaps because I was born at 1230a, or... Early mornings have always been a favorite. Still and quiet morning darkness, birds still asleep, and these days with temps in the low 50s, coqui remain silent. Rising sunlight first colors high cirrus that peachy orange, then the tops of ʻōhiʻa snare the first rays of the warm sun. The world is briefly a study in pastels, and then...
Yes, Pelehonuamea toils on, in an oia mau no-ish, as usual, fashion. But seeming to make up for an unusually cool and wet summer, the last two weeks have been a delight. Sun. Sun. Sun. Easy breezes, Vitamin D loading, ahhhhh. Here at nearly 4,000 feet the last white ginger bloom, their scent more apparent as the air warms and rises, while I read in Kona ʻAkau, yellow ginger lingers. We all enjoy and appreciate them all. Ke Aloha!
Thisʻll be a sharing of "Click and Save Quick" before the next webcam image appears and the light is lost. Not necessarily in order of time or geography, courtesy of, and gratitudes to, HVO webcams:
From up the Maunaloa Strip Road. See Her plume drifting rightward?
Up On Maunakea, looking toward Maunaloa and Kīlauea at left, the white puff from Halemaʻumaʻu. And too, at middle left, headlights of commuters from Hilo and Puna heading cross-island to work.
A bit closer. Itʻs been an interest and wonder that the moku of North Kona, Kaʻū, and Hāmākua are pili, they meet, in Mokuʻāweoweo. Boundaries are black dashed lines. Though seen above but unlabeled below, Hāmākua is the "V" at the top, where "LAVA" is. Need to learm and understand more about ancient politics and the reign of ʻUmi a Līloa, ca. 1400ʻs or so.
Nani, mahalo!
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