The ingredients for this splendid Hawaiian twilight spectacle were many: multiple cloud decks (shallow stratocumulus under altocumulus, layered above volcanic “vog“), the waxing moon with lunar corona, post-sunset reds and yellows painting the distant sky, and a placid Pacific Ocean. In the distance, barely rising above the sound of the gentle breeze, a ukelele played, courtesy of some anonymous but more musically gifted appreciator of the same scene on the same shoreline. Not a bad way to enjoy the last daylight of a Christmas Eve…
Kailua-Kona HI (24 Dec 17) Looking WSW
19.5957, -155.973Moon off Kailua
The ingredients for this splendid Hawaiian twilight spectacle were many: multiple cloud decks (shallow stratocumulus under altocumulus, layered above volcanic “vog“), the waxing moon with lunar corona, post-sunset reds and yellows painting the distant sky, and a placid Pacific Ocean. In the distance, barely rising above the sound of the gentle breeze, a ukelele played, courtesy of some anonymous but more musically gifted appreciator of the same scene on the same shoreline. Not a bad way to enjoy the last daylight of a Christmas Eve…
Kailua-Kona HI (24 Dec 17) Looking WSW
19.5957, -155.973