Kona, Hawaii
"The Big Island"

All pictures in this section were taken with a disposable 35mm waterproof camera.
I found the Captain was selling a refillable version of the waterproof camera for $3 more.
Living in Tampa Bay, I figured I could get lots of use out of a refillable one.
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Even though I could see land in the background, this view still made me a bit nervous.This is a 30-foot drop-off from the 6-foot deep lava shelf.
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Just slightly below adn left of center, you can see the lava flow ridges between the coral clumps.The fish were colorful, but few compared to St. Thomas in the British Virgin Islands.
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If you look close, you can see the fishies swilling close to the drop-off.The camera did not capture the true beauthy of this pearlescent blue fish/
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Da-dum...da-dum...da-dum. Does that look like a shark to you?
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