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A rainbow reaches down from the skies above to touch Kona, Hawaii.
A wave rider takes it easy on a shoulder high roller at Kahalu'u Beach Park in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
At the south side of Kailua Kona on Hawaii's Big Island is the small ahupua'a of Keauhou, which contains Kanaloa.
Sunrise from Kamakahonu Bay at Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island always comes with a sense of anticipation as the sun makes its way out from behind Hualalai mountain.
Hawaiian cowboys, known as Paniolo, herd cattle into the bay at Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island and onto ships to be sent abroad in Kona's early "westernized" era.
Just off the shores of Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island a crew of paddlers take their six-man outrigger canoe (wa'a) out for sunset practice.
The sun goes down on Kona town while surfers stay out in glassy waters waiting for one more wave to finish out the day.