Photo Gallery
Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers. Click the image for a full view.
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A bird finds a cool place to roost in the fountain at the Chinatown Gateway Plaza downtown.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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As part of the city's maintenance program, a worker trims palm fronds and removes potentially hazardous coconuts from trees at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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What better way to spend a weekend afternoon in Mililani Mauka than to splash in a pool in the front yard? 'Ulahea Place frolickers, from left: Ian Lundberg, 6, who was visiting from 'Ewa Beach; Hoku Young, 6; Koa Matsumoto; and Kai Matsumoto, 7.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Brenden Holland, a population geneticist at the University of Hawai'i, studies Achatinella livida, a species of Hawaiian tree snail found in northern areas of the Ko'olau range. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Daryn Yamada of the Radiation Response Team of the state Department of Health searches the U.S. Coast Guard buoy tender Kukui for radiological and chemical/biological agents as part of a port security exercise at Coast Guard station Sand Island.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The tranquility of a sailboat at sea stands out beyond the stark angles of Honolulu's skyline as seen through the haze.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Kaulana Crisostomo of Coline Aiu's Halau Hula O Maiki performs "Ka Makua Mau Loa" in honor of Kamamalu.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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When Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Haut left the guided missile cruiser USS Chosin Nov. 2 at Pearl Harbor after a 7-month deployment to the Middle East, his wife, Wendy, and daughter Nycole, greeted him with his new twin daughters, Sabree and Elissa, who were born while he was away. It was also the couple's wedding anniversary.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Lance Cpl. Monroe Seigle of Headquarters Battalion at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i portrayed an American Marine in the Barbary Wars during the 228th birthday celebration of the Marine Corps on Nov. 8.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A surfer prepares to paddle out at Sunset Beach as the big-wave season begins. See story.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Corrine Shigeta, 7, and brother, Landon, 3, played tick-tack-toe with Chief Petty Officer Joey Howard of the Navy's Mobile Diving & Salvage Unit One at the Harbor Festival Nov. 8. See story.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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At the Hawaiian Humane Society's annual "Santa Paws" fund-raiser, one of the first wreaths of the holiday season is spotted on "Dublin," a 6 1/2-month-old dachshund owned by Megan and Patrick Marzluff of Pearl City.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
