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Friday Fotos—Big Island Spectaculars

November 7, 2014 By Terry

Who says public domain is drab, not fab?

Once again, I’m choosing to look elsewhere for photos. This week, it was time to look to the public domain. Public domain tends to imply dated or blah. Well, look at some of these shots. Nothing dated or blah. Even the 1884 Puna Forest photo provided by the Hawaiian Historical Society has an amazing beauty to it, taking us back in time 130 years.

Take your time with these shots by rolling your mouse over the slideshow and clicking the “Pause” icon. Then, advance manually so you can take in the full beauty. I won’t say which ones, but a couple of them took my breath away. Can you guess which ones those might have been? Why not leave a comment with your favorites? And, sharing is always good. Feel free to share!

Unless otherwise noted, all photos are in the public domain. All photos via Wikimedia Commons.

The Big Island from “up top.” By Earth Sciences and Image Analysis, NASA-Johnson Space Center
Puna Forest Scenery from 1884 Hawaiian Historical Society.
A Ku’ula Stone, or monument for offerings in Ancient Hawai’i. Kahaluʻu Bay (historic district) By W Nowicki (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]
King Kalākaua’s beach house reconstructed, Po’o Hawai’i pond, Kahaluʻu Bay historic district. By W Nowicki (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)]
Laupāhoehoe, HI, Big Island coastline. By Greg Smith from Kettering OH, United States of America (Flickr) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],
What do you do when lava covers your land? Try for a good price! By Brocken Inaglory (Own work) CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)
Kauna’oa Beach, aka Mauna Kea Beach. By AlaskaDave (Own work) [CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
A stop along the road from Hilo to Honokaa. By roy.luck [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],
Thurston Lava Tube is a very unusual walk! By Michael Oswald (own photo, Canon Powershot G3)

Filed Under: Friday Fotos, One Step Ahead - Featured Tagged With: Big Island, Hawaii

About Terry

I started out as a skip tracer. Just in case you don’t know, that’s the guy who finds the people who don’t want to be found. It was the little things—getting paid to lie—that made skip tracing the fun part of the job.

Those years of chasing deadbeats taught me many valuable life lessons, such as liars come from all walks of life, and always keep your car in the garage.

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