Lesser Seen Sunset, Kure Atoll
A beautiful ocean sunset seen from Hawaii’s lesser seen and rarely visited northwestern-most island, Kure Atoll. read more
A beautiful ocean sunset seen from Hawaii’s lesser seen and rarely visited northwestern-most island, Kure Atoll. read more
A giant trevally, known as “Ulua” in Hawaii, swims in deeper waters surrounding the islands. read more
Called “Mane’one’o” in Hawaiian, a school of Sailfin tang cruise a shallow coral reef during the day while looking for food. read more
A Hawaiian Rough-Spined Sea Urchin (Prionocidaris Hawaiiensis), sits at rest displaying its spines-on-top-of-spines, an endowment that give it another common name–the Thorny Sea Urchin. read more
From NOAA’s “Historic Fisheries Collection” we found a great hand drawing of a butterfly fish. The butterfly fish’s Hawaiian name, Kikakapu (Kīkākapu), includes the word “kapu,” meaning “forbidden.” read more
In the shallow depths just off the shores of Waikiki on Oahu, a gargantuan, stealthy, ship-looking vessel appears to cruise the sea bottom dwarfing the scuba divers who traverse its side. read more
A handful of Yellow Tang surgeonfish (Zebrasoma flavescens) meander through a field of white finger corals as other Hawaiian reef fish do the same in Northwest Hawaii. read more
Aside Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Isand, a single, black-on-black road disappears over a hill miles away in a study of perspective and horizon lines. read more
The rusted remains of a shipwrecked boat peers out just above the water as it rests on a shallow reef in northwest Hawaii. Now more a part of the reef than not, the vessel has become home to fish and coral, visible below the ocean’s surface. read more
A spectacled parrotfish (Chlorurus perspicillatus) edges its way along coral reef in Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Hawaii, looking for food to munch as columns of light from above scribe patterns of white and blue on the sea floor. read more
An inquisitive Hawaiian Monk Seal cruises shallow waters of the Pearl and Hermes Reef in north west Hawaii. Increasingly rare and endangered, Monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) are Hawaii’s only member of the pinniped family and are endemic to Hawaii. read more
In Hawaii, instead of snow, cold weather, and darker skies, winter brings the blossoming of poinsettia, big waves, and the migration of up to 12,000 humpback whales. read more