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    August 2020

    July 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    "Best snorkeling experience of our week"

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    Rare Air Episode 39

    June 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    If I had ever experienced a close encounter with a squid before July 9, 2017, I don’t remember it. And on the other hand, the visitation recorded in the video featured here is something I will probably never forget. On this trip, I had a new underwater housing for my Sony DSC-RX100 camera, and I didn’t yet have much experience attempting to frame subjects with it. That’s one factor; another is the ocean’s current. I suppose I probably was also at least a little taken aback by the steady gaze of 20 creatures who seemed quite interested in watching me.

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    Rare Air Episode 38

    April 30, 2020 - By Roger D.

    I had this private beach all to myself for a minute, a few years ago.

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    April 2020 – inspiration to “dare mighty things”

    March 31, 2020 - By Roger D.

    Wishing each of you all the best throughout the difficult days to come, and looking forward to better days for us all.

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    October 2019

    September 29, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: 2018 photo from Puakō Bay, Waimea, Hawaii.

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    Rare Air Episode 34

    August 30, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Where adolescent ‘o’opu ‘alamo’o goby fish reverse course and begin their epic journeys back up the Kolekole Stream, from which they came.

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    August 2019

    August 1, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Sharing the treasure of good times spent with our kids.

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    Rare Air Episode 33

    June 27, 2019 - By Roger D.

    It’s my pleasure to share footage captured at the spot where the Ka’ahakini and Kolekole Streams flow together – at Kolekole Beach Park in Hilo, on Hawaii’s Big Island – from our trip in July, 2018. You can learn quite a bit more about this spectacular place by reading previous entries on this blog, which are just a click away, using the wayfinder below. To this growing record and enchanting video footage, I’ll add a few immortal words from William Shakespeare. “What is past is prologue.” Hawaii Big Island, July, 2018 . December 2018 desktop calendar: Slideshow featuring select photos…

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    June 2019

    May 30, 2019 - By Roger D.

    Featured Image: 2018 photo from Kolekole Beach Park, Hilo, Hawaii.

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    Rare Air Episode 32

    May 1, 2019 - By Roger D.

    How long until exquisite, raw nature overrides contamination by lead?

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