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Hawaii Photo of the Week: Pele’s Well

Peter Kay — Tue, 18 May 2021 15:46:06 +0000

An other-worldly picture of "Pele's Well" I don't know if this place is officially called Pele's Well, but it might as well have. It's almost like an oil painting and to me it has this other-worldly appearance An incredible well located on the coast of Kailua, Hawaii at sunset. PelesWell by 26053838@N00 is licensed [...]

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Hawaii Photo of the Week: Lava Glow you’ve never seen before

Peter Kay — Tue, 04 May 2021 16:37:21 +0000

Lava glow on the Big Island This is the kind of photo that grabs your attention and doesn't let go. While it's visually simple, the combination of colors and uniformity broken up by a silhouette of the tree in the foreground makes this a keeper. Tree, Volcano by 39096598@N06 is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND [...]

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Hawaii Photo of the Week: Picture-perfect huge surf coastline

Peter Kay — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:22:28 +0000

Big Island beach with giant surf This photo is as if you can put your hand through it and touch the beach. We're looking at an "huge" day of surf as you can see a wave crashing into the cliff probably over 100 feet high. Enjoy! 13.01.29_27 by Rose Braverman is licensed under CC [...]

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Facts on the Kilauea volcano eruption in 90 seconds

Peter Kay — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 16:22:43 +0000

The Kilauea volcano on Hawaii's Big Island has recently started erupting. I put together a 90 second video with facts taken from the USGS (US Geological Survey) into a quick video. Enjoy! Want to see some other video features? Let me know in this form below.

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Kilauea volcano is erupting – what’s it like nearby?

Peter Kay — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 16:17:10 +0000

We had a fabulous show last week and if you have any interest on this topic at all, you'll want to watch! Our Big Island expert Dylan Nonaka brought some very special guests that live only a mile away to discuss these topics and more: What's it like being so close to an active volcano [...]

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Active lava flow in Hawaii: 4 reasons to see it

Peter Kay — Sat, 30 Jul 2016 08:59:39 +0000

Right now (July 2016) there's a precious moment going on the Big Island of Hawaii: lava is flowing off a steep cliff into the ocean and it's attracting thousands of visitors. If you ever get the chance, you must go see a lava flow in Hawaii from active volcanoes! Why would you want to see lava flow [...]

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Planning for Big Island Living in Hawaii in 7 Years

Peter Kay — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 10:09:46 +0000

Here is the first of a new batch of living in Hawaii emails I got over the past half month or so. Again, I prefer to respond to emails by posting at the site here because: I just wouldn't have time to give everyone a personal email back that writes to ask about the viability [...]

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Big Island’s Volcano Eruption Effect on Oahu?

Peter Kay — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 06:41:51 +0000

Looks like half a million people would die. Not from the lava. Not from the unbreathable air. The resulting tsunami that would occur when huge amounts of land fell off the wall of the volcano into the Pacific Ocean would devastate Oahu, not to mention Maui and the other islands. National Geographic did a 'what [...]

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Film Festival Week on Big Island Hawaii

Peter Kay — Fri, 14 May 2010 04:34:50 +0000

Hawaii's Big Island (and it is) is the place to be for new film as they are holding the annual Big Island Film Festival right now. There are day and evening films being shown at the Mauna Lani Resort from May 12th to 16th. Have a look at ratings if you're bringing keikis along, at [...]

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Hawaii Business Idea: Lava Restaurant

Peter Kay — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 01:18:37 +0000

Everybody stop saying Iceland never gave us anything... because, now they have given us the ultimate Hawaii business idea - restaurants on lava-beds. Why some enterprising Hawaiians haven't come up with this on their own - I don't know. Waves too good maybe? Why Hawaiian Lava Restaurants will work: 1. Cheap land. 2. No heating [...]

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Is Big Island Paradise? Not for this Family…

Peter Kay — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:15:07 +0000

Just read something over at Damon Tucker's blog... a heartbreaking story of a Big Island family's experience of almost losing their teen daughter forever... Damon's Blog Entry > Is Big Island Hawaii the ultimate island - free from drugs and crime as Hawaii gets?

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Buying Houses on Active Volcanos

Peter Kay — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:20:42 +0000

My friend wrote me and told me the good news... he'd just bought a house on Big Island, Hawaii! Was I happy for him? I'm not sure. I checked the Google Earth satellite shot and it was just as I suspected... he's right on the edge of the lava flow. Now, probably every house on [...]

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Magical, Mysterious, and Matchless Hawaii

Peter Kay — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 21:37:06 +0000

Hawaii's main islands are filled with natural and cultural wonders. This YouTube video shows a tour boat that goes out from Big Island Hawaii and takes tourists to see up close the various spots where the volcano, Kilauea, squirts lava into the sea - creating more of the Big Island on an ongoing basis. Watch [...]

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