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WHITE OUT IN HAWAII


Bill Austin

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Nong had never seen snow before so I was telling her about the ice age here on the big island many years ago. She said bull ? no way ,so the next day early we loaded up the truck and off we went.We were off to what I refer to as the top of the would Mauna kea 14280 ft.some where around there .

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starting to look down on the clouds instead of uplaugh.gif

This is the view along the road at about 10000 ft

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And at 12700 ft we find What did I tell you about the ice ageblink.gif

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So now where talking a little white out in hawaii

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This is a view looking over at Mauna loa

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Nong taking her first pic. of snow at 14280 ft.

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The rest are some random shots

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Hope you enjoyed this little adventure. That didn't turn out anything like what I wanted must still be suffering from lack of oxygenblink.gif

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Excellent photos, Bill, kind of reminds me of Mt. Kilimanjaro.

Kim Cyr

Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Bill, although i know why there is snow there, and how there is snow there, there is a part of me that finds it incredulous...some of the best pics ever posted here...Thanks!!!!!

Rusty

Rusty Bell

Pine Island - the Ex-Pat part of Lee County, Fl , USA

Zone 10b, life in the subs!...except when it isn't....

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Thanks for the pictures and the memories-two of my kids saw their first snow up there. It is surreal, and cold....esp since its hard to dress appropriately when all you have is lightweight clothes!

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Bill,

Great pictures! And yes, that is indeed a surreal experience - being able to drive from the tropics to the arctic in just a couple of hours! :) Thanks for posting!

Bo-Göran

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Leilani Estates, 25 mls/40 km south of Hilo, Big Island of Hawai'i. Elevation 880 ft/270 m. Average rainfall 140 inches/3550 mm

 

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Thanks for sharing. Very ahhh...cool!

The weight of lies will bring you down / And follow you to every town / Cause nothin happens here

That doesn't happen there / So when you run make sure you run / To something and not away from

Cause lies don't need an aero plane / To chase you anywhere

--Avett Bros

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Oh, yeah.

The day after my plane landed on the Big Island, you could see the snow on top of Mauana Loa (I think). It looked so close you could almost touch it.

Hmm. That observatory looks like ElHoagie's haunt, perhaps he'll chime in?

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I heard the Hoagmeister got stuck, snowed in up there for a few days and they started to eat each other. Sad story, especially since they had plenty of food.

Matt Bradford

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Spring Valley, CA (8.5 miles inland from San Diego Bay)

10B on the hill (635 ft. elevation)

9B in the canyon (520 ft. elevation)

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Lovely Bill. I think that's that weather station that gets mentioned on that "Wild Weather" TV series from about 10 year ago. It somehow measures that the air is cleanest there or something, I can't remember now, but that looks like the building. As Bo mentioned, taking just a few hours to go from tropic jungle to snow capped mountain must be a very neat experience.

Happy Gardening

Cheers,

Wal

Queensland, Australia.

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Bill, excellent photos as per usual! Nong was dressed out for the occasion. I'm sure she was in a state of awe!

My Rotary group goes to the top once a year with various other groups.

I'm enjoying all your postings. Keep up the great work. :)

KPL

Enjoying MY home and garden in Leilani Estates, "K.P. Lundkvist Palm Garden"

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