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Image: Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens

A roadway through the lower valley of the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

Image: Surface Water Collection in Rice Fields
Surface Water Collection in Rice Fields
Surface Water Collection in Rice Fields
Surface Water Collection in Rice Fields

USGS researchers collect surface water from a rice field weir box using trace-metal clean techniques.

USGS researchers collect surface water from a rice field weir box using trace-metal clean techniques.

Image: Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens

A Pandanus tree with prominent aerial roots on a cliff-top at Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

A Pandanus tree with prominent aerial roots on a cliff-top at Limahuli Garden and Preserve.

Image: Rice Field Sediment Sampling
Rice Field Sediment Sampling
Rice Field Sediment Sampling
Rice Field Sediment Sampling

USGS researchers sampling sediment from newly flooded rice fields, during growing season.

USGS researchers sampling sediment from newly flooded rice fields, during growing season.

Image: Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Image: Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Image: Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon
Waimea Canyon

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Waimea canyon, famously dubbed the "Grand Canyon of the Pacific" by Mark Twain, with its eroded cliffs, mists, and tropical montane vegetation.

Image: Hatching Spiders
Hatching Spiders
Hatching Spiders
Hatching Spiders

Unidentified species of baby spiders hatching and dispersing.

Unidentified species of baby spiders hatching and dispersing.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

A hiking trail along seaside lava cliffs. Trail winds through an unusual Pandanus forest shared with an understory of Beach naupaka.

A hiking trail along seaside lava cliffs. Trail winds through an unusual Pandanus forest shared with an understory of Beach naupaka.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

A forest on an old seaside lava flow vegetated almost entirely by just two plant species: Pandanus trees with an understory of Beach naupaka.

A forest on an old seaside lava flow vegetated almost entirely by just two plant species: Pandanus trees with an understory of Beach naupaka.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

This hiking trail, Pandanus trees, an understory of Beach naupaka, and crashing waves characterize the windy cliff-tops along this jagged coast of solidified lava in Hawaii.

This hiking trail, Pandanus trees, an understory of Beach naupaka, and crashing waves characterize the windy cliff-tops along this jagged coast of solidified lava in Hawaii.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Image: Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)
Screwpine Tree (Pandanus sp.) and Beach Naupaka (Scaevola sericea)

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Lava islands, vegetated seaside cliffs, a black sand beach, and waves breaking against the steep ragged shoreline of a Hawaiian bay.

Image: Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern bluebird flapping its wings in a bird bath.

Eastern bluebird flapping its wings in a bird bath.

Image: Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)

Eastern bluebird in bird bath.

Image: Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)
Cushioned star (Oreaster reticulatus)

Oreaster reticulatus in shallow water.

Image: Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum)
Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum)
Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum)
Long-spined sea urchin (Diadema antillarum)

Two long-spined sea urchins surrounded by rocks in shallow water.