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PALIKU AND THE FIRST MATTHEWS DC SLIDER. PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Kualii   
Friday, 05 August 2011 23:11

 

The first Matthews DC Slider purchased in the USA off the show floor at the 2011 NAB.
Footage shot with Cannon 5D Mark II and Panasonic HVX 200
Palikū Documentary Films
Director: Nāʻālehu Anthony
DP: Beau Cuizon
Editor: ʻĀina Paikai

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TIME LAPSE VIDEO OF PU'U O'O THIS PAST WEDNESDAY PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Kualii   
Friday, 05 August 2011 05:44

 This Quicktime movie shows a timelapse sequence taken from the webcam on Pu`u `Ō `ō’s north rim. The movie starts just after noon on August 3, with the typical westward flow of lava within the perched lava lake. Just after 2pm, breakouts start on the flank of the perched lava lake and the lake begins to drop. Remarkably, while the lake drops the circulation is maintained, until the lake finally disintegrates. By the end of the sequence, the lava lake is gone and floor has dropped about 80 meters (260 ft). Around 3:15pm, you can see a portion of the rim, at the very right end of the image, collapse into the crater.

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KEVIN KANE PDF Print E-mail
Written by Bruce Omori   
Friday, 29 July 2011 16:15

 

We had a pleasure of spending some time with Kevin Kane, former assistant

baseball coach for the University of Hawaii at Hilo.  Kevin was the #1 draft

pick of the Boston Red Sox in 1979, and more recently,  played a Medical

Examiner role on the last episode of Hawaii 5-0.

 
PUNALU'U WITH PHOTOGRAPHER FLORIS VAN BREUGEL PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Kualii   
Saturday, 23 July 2011 13:05

 

BRUCE AND I HAD A CHANCE TO SHOOT WITH LANDSCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER FLORIS

VAN BREUGEL. WHAT AN AWESOME GENTLEMAN. A SHOT FROM

PUNALU'U BLACK SAND BEACH AT SUNRISE.   AFTER GETTING MY CAMERA WET,

MEETING STICKMAN, AND FLORIS ATTEMPTING TO SWIM WITH A HONU,

WENT TO EAT BREAKFAST AT HANA HOU RESTAURANT IN NAALEHU. FOOD WAS ONO. LOOKED

AT THE MENU AND SAW "MANINI" AND ALREADY THATS WHAT I WANTED TO ORDER

THINKING IT WAS FISH.  NEVER HAD THAT FOR SO LONG MADE MY MOUTH WATA !!!

CAME TO FIND OUT .... THEY MEANT "SMALL".............LOL.  THATS OKAY, THE FRENCH

TOAST MADE ME SLEEP ALL THE WAY HOME TO HILO.

 

 

 
CAPTURING THE VORTEX PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Kualii   
Monday, 27 June 2011 10:22

 

BRUCE OMORI AT THE EDGE CAPTURING VORTEX'S.  A WEAK TORNADO LIKE FUNNELS THAT ROTATES

OFF THE PLUME.  AS OF RIGHT NOW THE LAVA IS STILL BUILDING UP AT PU'U O'O AND WE ARE STILL

WAITING TO SEE IF PELE WANTS TO CREATE MORE SHOWS. 

 
RECENT LAVA LAKE IN HALEMA'UMA'U VENT ON JUNE 2, 2011 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Tom Kualii   
Monday, 13 June 2011 21:50

titleThis Quicktime video shows recent activity at the lava lake deep within the Halema`uma`u vent cavity. Spattering can be seen in the northwest corner (upper left) and a steady stream of lava, coming from an unseen source towards the southeast, is in the lower right. For scale, the lava lake is about 150 meters (164 yards) wide here. The lava stream plunges into the lava lake, disrupting the crust in a chaotic fashion and later inducing a rotation to the flow in the lake. The photo on this page from June 1 shows the source of the lava stream photographed during an overflight, which is the only way this portion of the vent cavity floor can be seen.  Footage by USGS: Watch Video>>

 
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