Photo Gallery
Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers. Click the image for a full view.
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Sasha Broniola, 5, who will begin kindergarten in the fall, sounds out a word during the summer reading program at Pearl City Elementary School. See story.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The white sands of Sunset Beach, looking toward 'Ehukai Beach Park, attract throngs of visitors during the summer off-season. With surf conditions coming in flat, the North Shore is ideal for swimming. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Lying on the beach at Waikiki, Dawn Richards, 20, at foreground, and friend Joann Le, 20, caught up on some reading during one of the hot and sunny afternoons this month. The two friends, visiting from Riverside, Calif., were in Hawai'i for 10 days of vacation. Besides spending time on the beach, they have also tried snorkeling, attended a lu'au and visited Pearl Harbor.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The city’s popular Brunch on the Beach drew a crowd last Sunday to Kalakaua Avenue by Kuhio Beach. The monthly event closes traffic on a portion of Kalakakau and turns it into an outdoor Hawaiian café, with free entertainment and 30 signature menu items cooked on site by top chefs in Waikiki.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Diane Hahn scans her children's school-supplies list while daughters Michelle, 9, left, and Melissa, 8, look for folders in just the right shade. Cousin Nicole Cristobal, 8, joined them in their shopping at Fisher Hawai'i. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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"Art at the Zoo Fence," the weekly opportunity for folks to buy local artwork and chat with artists, celebrated its 50th anniversary this month along Monsarrat Avenue.
Gregory Yamamoto • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Honolulu Fire Department pilot Steven Aiu lowers a water bucket to the ground. Firefighters were battling a Kunia brushfire earlier this month for more than a week.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Milton Staackmann, an assistant specialist at the University of Hawai'i, is dwarfed by the flash carbonization unit designed by UH professor Michael Antal Jr. The unit turns green waste into charcoal. See story.
Andrew Shimabuku • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Marines keep watch over Bellows beach from the back of an Amphibious Armored Vehicle during RIMPAC exercises. With the possibility of deployment looming, the exercises were "great preparation" for Kane'ohe Marines, one battalion commander said. See story.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The muck in the hands of Alika Gaspar, supervisor at Unitek Solvent Services, is known as TDF, or tire derived fuel. It's a material that comes from old tires that have been recycled. See story.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Kyle Kopitke, the director and president of the National Korean War Museum in Wahiawa, faces foreclosure and auctioning of the Quonset hut that houses the museum. Disputes between Kopitke and fund-raiser Maria Abello have left the museum's future uncertain. See story.
Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Marine Sgt. Gary Cisneros, son Gabriel, 6, wife De and daughter Isabella, 7, walk near the Pacific War Memorial at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i. Sgt. Cisneros recently returned from a second Iraq deployment. See story.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Maya Enos, 5, sits on a lunch table as fellow students work on their laptops at Kailua Christian Academy. The school uses computerized programs to individualize students' studies. See story.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
