This image was made as a composite of two aerial photographs: 1954 and 2000. The later image show remarkable clarity of the reef system. The harbor, resorts and miscellaneous structure after 1956 were masked out.… Read more “colorized kawaihae reef pre-harbor 1954”
kawaihae reef introduction
In the song Kaulana Kawaihae, lyrics by Kailihune Alama Na’ai, made famous by Iz Kamalawiwo’Ole, there is a verse “E’oleo Mai Kahiko Mai O Puakailima,” translated as “telling from old times of Pua ka Ilima.” I learned that this was an island where the ilima flower grew in the Kawaihae reef area before it was covered up or destroyed.… Read more “kawaihae reef introduction”