Colours of Ocean Dwellers
The stunning pictures, taken off the coast of Hawaii, were taken in the dead of night with a special flash to give a wonderful display of colours. Among the ‘colour x-ray’ style images are pictures of rare squids, jellyfish and shrimp. photographer Joshua Lambus
Kilauea lava
Kilauea volcano, Big Island, Hawaii. A hot basaltic lava flow is forming a crust with a ropy texture, a classic example of what is known as pahoehoe lava. Photograph Ron Schott
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Haleakala sunrise
A colorful tropical sunrise was snapped from Haleakala (East Maui Volcano) volcano on the island of Maui, Hawaii. Photographer: Zachary Hellman, Matt Schuchardt
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Pictures from Japan’s disaster- seabirds victims of the tsunami
Thousands of seabirds have been killed when the tsunami generated by last week’s massive earthquake off Japan flooded a remote atoll near Hawaii. At least 1,000 adult and adolescent Laysan albatross, along with thousands of chicks, perished as waves reaching 5ft-tall rolled over the low-lying Midway islands about four hours after the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck on Friday.
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Kilauea volcano eruptions
Pu’u ‘O’o crater (seen in a file picture) is located in a remote section of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, which has been temporarily closed to the public due to the recent activity.
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He went out surfing 40-foot waves at night (video)
Surfer Mark Visser got his board and a couple helicopters to Jaws, the huge wave reef on Maui Island, Hawaii.
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Milky Way Galaxy garden
Pictured above as it appears at the Paleaku Peace Gardens Sanctuary in Kona, Hawaii, USA, a meticulously planned garden spanning about 30 meters provides a relatively accurate map of our Milky Way Galaxy.
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Biggest Black Hole in the Nearby Universe
The black hole in the nearby galaxy M87 weighs in at 6.6 billion suns, making it the local universe’s heavyweight champ.
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Moonrise Through Mauna Kea’s Hawaii Shadow
How can the Moon rise through a mountain? It cannot — what was photographed here is a moonrise through the shadow of a large volcano.
Kilauea volcano in Hawaii
Photographer Martin Rietze has traveled the world for the news shots of one of the most beautiful but also terrible natural phenomena – volcanic eruption.
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