Photo Gallery
Here's a sampling of recent photos taken by Advertiser photographers.
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Two tourists enjoy sandwiches during a beach break on Kalakaua Avenue near the Royal Hawaiian Shopping Center.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A kiteboarder brings in a kite at Kailua Beach after enjoying the breezy trade winds of mid-September.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A surfer watches as coastal geologist Dolan Eversole drops nontoxic fluorescent dye off Kuhio Beach at periodic intervals to check the direction of the ocean current. See story.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Some of the Daughters of Hawai'i at the Queen Emma Summer Palace, from left: Leinani Bortles, Amber Smith, Aloha Gellert, Kalehuanani Kaho'ano, Leilani Maguire and Leiana Woodside. See story.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The newest Hawaiian voyaging canoe, Hokualaka'i, is seen against the verdant backdrop of Ha'upu Valley on the north shore of Moloka'i, where the crew put the craft through its sea trials. See story.
Jan TenBruggencate • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Hokule'a is seen in silhouette as it sails past the Kalaupapa Lighthouse at sunset. The canoe's crew on the Moloka'i voyage was a mixture of novices and veterans. See story.
Jan TenBruggencate • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Dancers with the Kamehameha Schools band hold high their 'uli'uli, rattling the feathered gourds as they mix hula and marching in their progress along the Ala Moana route of the Aloha Festivals parade. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The Aloha Festivals Royal Court departs after their investiture at the Hilton Hawaiian Village: from left, Marc Keau Keahiolalo Ioane, mo'i kane; Salvatore B. Keli'ikinaiahi Recca IV and (hidden behind the mo'i wahine) Zachary James Koamakamaekamauhokuola Santos, kamali'i kane; Kimberly Ululani Kaahanui, mo'i wahine; and Kawena Lani Kealaonaonakaawapuhi Kawainui, kamali'i wahine.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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A girl rides her bicycle past a fire-gutted McCully apartment house at 2344 Date St. as investigators looked through the rubble. See story.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Erosion along Kuhio Beach is creating drop-offs by walkways and unstable palm trees, according to the state, which is testing a technique of dredging sand bars offshore and piping the sand to the beach. See story.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Two cyclists framed by trees and hillside tear down Round Top Drive near the lookout above the University of Hawai'i-Manoa.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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The leaves and flowering bracts of this schefflera, known locally as he'e or octopus tree, are clearly delineated against an exterminator's tent at the corner of Hausten Street and Kapi'olani Boulevard.
Richard Ambo • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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Researcher Nellie Sugii fears what will happen to her collection of rare and endangered plants if the cottage that houses her lab at Lyon Arboretum has to be moved. The arboretum was closed late last month. See story.
Deborah Booker • The Honolulu Advertiser |
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An estimated 7,000 people of all ethnic groups, most wearing red shirts in a show of unity, marched through Waikiki on Sept. 6, drawn by issues of concern to Native Hawaiians, such as the Akaka bill, a planned Army Stryker brigade and the leasehold conversion law. See story.
Jeff Widener • The Honolulu Advertiser |
