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Kona Coast, 1,100 feet up: 70% solar eclipse then sunset within one hour.

Walked to a monument to Cook’s “discovery” of Hawaii. Polynesians discovered and settled Hawaii 600 years earlier.

Posted Lava: It’s Scientific Fun.

Hiked on pahoehoe (“smooth, billowy, ropy”) lava for several miles.

Steam vent. “Get back from the edge” was repeated many times today as the nephews sought closer looks.

Our nephews, peaceful dinner at Volcano House, our hotel in Volcanoes National Park. They walked over 8 miles today.

An offering to Pele, goddess of fire and volcanoes. In the distance, Halema’uma’u Crater is active.

ITO (Hilo) baggage claim, waiting for my better half.

Explored a Hilo supermarket: lomi salmon (Hawaii), kimchi (Korea), and tako (octopus from Japan) sitting together.

Hilo, HI, narrow-spectrum LED streetlight. I’ve posted about narrow-spectrum sodium lights.

On my walk, plants and distant off-grid homes cling to new lava. Once, I drove through here before the lava flowed.

Posted Tough Jobs and a Lascivious Senior.

I’m on the “wrong” side of Hawaii Big Island: rainy, no posh resorts, no ocean sunsets, tsunamis, crushed ice. Rich.

My view for the next 7 hours, SEA–HNL.

5:00 a.m., one final walk on PDX carpet.

Walked out of this building for the last time: the end of my final work gig. Sad goodbyes to some of my colleagues.