Photo Gallery
Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers.
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Six 4-year-old Komodo dragons — the world's largest lizards — were introduced to the public last week at the Honolulu Zoo. David Williams, 9, left, and his brother, Demaria, 7, watch animal keeper Linda Meier carry 40-pound Terik. See more photos.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Federal firefighters Eric Kaeka, front, and Sean Chun demonstrated firefighting techniques at Pearl Harbor Elementary School for a Fire Prevention Week Kick-Off program last week. Firefighters put out a blaze in the Mobile Air Firefighting Training apparatus.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Elizabeth Titcomb, with her husband, Tennison, and other loved ones, kisses the flag-draped coffin of son Pfc. Joshua Kuile Paul Titcomb, who was killed Sept. 29 in Iraq. Pfc. Titcomb's funeral was held Tuesday at Sacred Hearts Church in Wai'anae. In addition to his parents and siblings, Titcomb leaves behind his fiancee, who is pregnant with his child. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Mother Susan Champion blesses Kyrsten Solusod's dog, Stitch, at an annual Blessing of the Animals. Two of Solusod's fellow freshmen at St. Andrew's Priory, Angela Loh and Maile Tua, witnessed the event.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A groundskeeper at Valley of the Temples is trailed by cattle egrets feeding on crickets and other insects exposed by the cut grass. The birds, brought here from Florida in 1959 to help control flies on the range, are considered a nuisance at aquaculture farms.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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David Varner, one of the pilots with the Navy's Blue Angels, said he hoped people would show up at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i last weekend to see "what we represent — which is the forward-deployed sailors and Marines" who can't be here for the show. See story.
Eugene Tanner• The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The Blue Angels were the undisputed highlight of the 2004 Kane'ohe Marine Corps-Navy Air Show at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i. The Navy precision flying team performed in Kane'ohe for the first time in more than two decades. See story.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Erika Hoffner, 11, of Atlanta, holds her 1-year-old cousin, Asa Pfeffer, of Nu'uanu, as she waves to pilot Patty Wagstaff at the air show at Marine Corps Base Hawai'i in Kane'ohe on Saturday. It was the first air show to be held at the base in 20 years.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Fishing enthusiasts on rocks off Ala Moana Beach Park share the sea with a swimmer on a sunny day.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Robin Mimbs celebrated his 16th birthday on Monday with family, friends and an elusive piñata at Ala Moana Beach Park.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A ball python posed for photos in a cage at Honolulu's Sand Island plant quarantine facility Monday afternoon. The 4-foot-long snake, captured at the Maui Prince Hotel golf course last Friday by employees there, will end up in a zoo outside Hawai'i.
Rebecca Breyer • The Honolulu Advertiser |
