The mountains that encompass Hawaii's Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
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Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
The mountains that encompass Hawaii's Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
The stream that flows down Kauai's Limahuli valley as it passes through the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
The stream that flows down Kauai's Limahuli valley as it passes through the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
Limahuli Garden of the National Tropical Botanical Gardens
A roadway through the lower valley of the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
A roadway through the lower valley of the Limahuli Garden and Preserve.
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.
Mango Tree (Mangifera indica)
A mango tree with two or three dozen ripening mangos.
A mango tree with two or three dozen ripening mangos.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hawaiian Monk Seal (Monachus schauinslandi)
Hawaiian Monk Seal on a sandy beach near the western tip of the Hawaiian island of Moloka´i.
Hawaiian Monk Seal on a sandy beach near the western tip of the Hawaiian island of Moloka´i.
Sunrise on a Hawaiian Beach 1
Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.
Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.
Sunrise on a Hawaiian Beach 2
Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.
Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.
Sunrise on a Hawaiian Beach 2
Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.
Just after sunrise on a beach in eastern Maui.
Hatching Spiders
Unidentified species of baby spiders hatching and dispersing.
Unidentified species of baby spiders hatching and dispersing.
Cratered cones near Hephaestus Fossae
Cratered cones near Hephaestus Fossae, Mars. This might look at first glance like a cinder cone, but it is more likely an impact crater. Using the shadow, one can tell that its floor is at a lower elevation than the surrounding landscape. A cinder cone would rise above the landscape.
Cratered cones near Hephaestus Fossae, Mars. This might look at first glance like a cinder cone, but it is more likely an impact crater. Using the shadow, one can tell that its floor is at a lower elevation than the surrounding landscape. A cinder cone would rise above the landscape.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.