Kaluahine Falls tumbles a small, intermittent creek delicately down the face of a big cliff on the Big Island, before abruptly meeting the mighty Pacific. This is a wild and tumultuous place! The booms of these breakers across the brown basalt headlands could be heard clearly half a mile away, eroding the north side of the island more slowly then the south side is being built by Kilauea lava flows. High humidity and continual spray production from the big breakers set a layer of salty mist across the lowest 50 feet or so above ground and water level, casting a ghostly aura across the scene off the sea end of the Waipio Valley. It wasn’t the ideal environment for a camera or tripod, but I still had both five years later.
1 W Kukuihaele HI (3 Jan 18) Looking ESE
20.1192, -155.5891Falls and Breakers
Kaluahine Falls tumbles a small, intermittent creek delicately down the face of a big cliff on the Big Island, before abruptly meeting the mighty Pacific. This is a wild and tumultuous place! The booms of these breakers across the brown basalt headlands could be heard clearly half a mile away, eroding the north side of the island more slowly then the south side is being built by Kilauea lava flows. High humidity and continual spray production from the big breakers set a layer of salty mist across the lowest 50 feet or so above ground and water level, casting a ghostly aura across the scene off the sea end of the Waipio Valley. It wasn’t the ideal environment for a camera or tripod, but I still had both five years later.
1 W Kukuihaele HI (3 Jan 18) Looking ESE
20.1192, -155.5891