BIG ISLAND, Hawai'i

Neon Hawaii

The following photos were taken in the Puna District of Hawaii - The Big Island. This side of the island is generally misty and thus very verdant. Hilo Hilo is Hawai‘i Island’s capital city and also a major port (the second largest in the Hawaiian Islands). About one third of the population of the island of Hawai‘i lives in Hilo. Relatively cool and wet, Hilo is located on Hilo Bay on the island’s northeast side where rain falls most days of the year. Hawai‘i Islands’ prodigious rainfall has led to the town’s nickname, “America’s rainiest city,” and the rain produces the town’s luxuriant jungle-like growth, cascading waterfalls, and of course rainbows. Hilo’s lush weather also allows for plenteous flower production in local nurseries and greenhouses. Popular commercial flowers produced in Hilo include anthuriums, orchids, and gingers, many of which are exported to various locations outside of the Hawaiian Islands.

Flying into Hilo

Flying into Hilo

Flying into Hilo

Flying into Hilo

Flying into Hilo

Flying into Hilo

Rainbow Flying from Honolulu to Hilo

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Red gravel roads close-up

A Red gravel road on a misty morning

Tree-lined Highway

Tree-lined Highway

Palm trees - Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.

Ahalanui Park, Pu'ala'a County Park, (also called Warm Pond and Millionaire's Pond) is located along Highway 137 on the Windward side of the Big Island in lower Puna, where it's actually sunny! Surrounded by palm trees, green grass and the Pacific Ocean, this spring fed pool is part natural and part man-made. It is also volcanically heated to a balmy 90 degrees!The bottom of the pool is sand and mud. A small inlet separates the pool from the ocean and allows the fish access to the pool.