Hawaii 1997 Revisited (7)

This is the last of my 1997 Hawaii photos, another one at the Pearl Harbor Memorial.

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Hawaii 1997 Revisited (6)

The Pearl Harbor memorial, a very sobering reminder of why we must avoid conflict whenever possible.

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Hawaii 1997 Revisited (5)

This was a remarkable hotel swimming pool, complete with grottoes and hot tubs.

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Hawaii 1997 Revisited (4)

The overlook where I took this photo on the Big Island of Hawaii is closed as there's lava in the crater these days.

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Hawaii 1997 Revisited (3)

This was taken in Waikiki the first time I was in Hawaii.

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Hawaii 1997 Revisited (2)

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Hawaii 1997 Revisited (1)

Going through my old scans I've found more photos from our 1997 trip to Hawaii; I posted a few several years ago but I've learned a little about photo editing and can salvage some that I didn't want to post before. If I remember correctly, this one was taken on the north shore of Oahu.

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Skyless Hawaii Skywatch

You're probably wondering what Al's thinking posting this boring photo of concrete for Skywatch Friday. There isn't even any sky visible!

Well, to an expatriate Englishman, this was a strange sight indeed. Notice how the signpost in the foreground has no shadow except the sign - the sun was directly overhead, and that was a new experience for me back in 1997 when I took this photo on my first trip to Hawaii, and my first trip to the tropics. So while many of my readers may see this several times a year, it's a rarity indeed for people in Europe or North America!

Hawaii Lava Tube

Here's the last of my scenic scanned photos from our 1997 trip to Hawaii (taken from a print from a point-and-shoot film camera). It's a lava tube; in an old eruption, lava flowed out of this tube.

You can get a sense of its size by the people dimly visible on the left railing just before it's completely dark. And yes, we walked into the tube, and it was a very unique experience on many levels.

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Kona Hotel View

Back in 1997 when we were in Hawaii, this was the view from our hotel room just north of Kona. To an Englishman like me, this looks like paradise! (I still remember the tsunami evacuation signs, something I've never seen anywhere I live.)

It's another in my never-ending series of scanned photos.

Kona, Hawaii

Continuing with photographs from a 1997 trip to Hawaii, here is a seaside shot of the pretty town of Kona, scanned from the original print made with my point-and-shoot camera of the time.

Holei Sea Arch (Hawaii)

Continuing with my 1997 Hawaiian vacation, here's the Holei Sea Arch on the big island of Hawaii.

Hanauma Bay, Hawaii

I plan to make a habit of posting old scanned photos most Saturdays, exploring one holiday trip for several weeks in a row. For this week's old photo, I'm starting on my first trip to Hawaii, taken with my wife back in 1997. This is Hanauma Bay, on the island of Oahu. This, and all the upcoming shots of Hawaii, were taken with a simple point-and-shoot film camera and scanned at home; compared to the ancient scans I've been posting these have held up very well.