A beautiful early morning to reach 54 by...

Fins, inverted and etched upon the sheltering sky: stylized, slouching penguins. ;-)

nature

Dew on grass at a Kulamalu parking lot. In the car, Pono finishes up a native breakfast...

Three generations of Hawaiians. Early morning tableau out on the lanai, of people I have come to call family.

Moments before sunrise: yes, do go thataway! ;-) KS Maui high school parking lot, having just dropped Pono off.

Before sunrise. 6:52 a.m., Pukalani LDS Ward parking lot.

It's a stormy day and epic surf is rolling in (see the white line faintly visible way downhill).

Turning around, I beheld the massive swell of the volcano, akin to a wave beginning to crest.

A mongoose's-eye view of the panorama.