"Expectations"
Kaihalulu Beach, Hana, Maui

If you believe that some color combinations don’t coexist in nature, then it’s time for you to go exploring! The red sand on this beach, formed by the crumbling cinder cone around it, meets the ocean surf to create color contrasts that boggle the mind.
"A Journey Ends"
Koki Beach, Hana, Maui

A wave gently washing ashore comes into your awareness at the moment its long journey reaches an end.
"Inevitably Blue"
Lanikai Beach, Oahu

As the sun rises over the Mokulua Islands (Moku Nui shown here), it paints the ocean in brilliant shades of yellow and orange for a few short minutes. Soon after this photograph was taken, that palette yielded to Lanikai’s relentless greens and blues.
"Honu at Rest"
Kahuwai Bay, Kailua-Kona, Island of Hawaii

Settling into position on a volcanic black sand beach, this Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle, or “honu”, needs its rest before heading back out to sea. Turtles are migratory animals that travel thousands of miles in the open ocean. Their anatomy has hardly changed in millions of years, since the time of the dinosaurs.
"Painted Shores"
Hanalei Bay, Kauai

The morning sun highlights the spectacular colors of limu and corals along the coastline on Kauai’s north shore. Sea turtles will frequent these areas to feed on the limu, clean themselves, and rest.
Waterfall on the beach in Waipio Valley on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The sun rises higher in the sky above one of the Mokulua Islands off of Lanikai Beach in Kailua, Oahu.
A surfer walks along the wall in Waikiki as the famous waves of Hawaii crash around him.
Incredible colors of algae brighten the beach in Hanalei, Hawaii on the island of Kauai.
"A Journey Ends"
Koki Beach, Hana, Maui

A wave gently washing ashore comes into your awareness at the moment its long journey reaches an end.
"A Journey Ends"
Koki Beach, Hana, Maui

A wave gently washing ashore comes into your awareness at the moment its long journey reaches an end.
"A Journey Ends"
Koki Beach, Hana, Maui

A wave gently washing ashore comes into your awareness at the moment its long journey reaches an end.
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