Looking inside a section of the particle accelerator at Los Alamos. It was the LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Particle Facility) when I was there. Renamed to LANSCE (Los Alamos Neutron Science Center).
For this week's starting photo feature we return to Oahu's North Shore for a stop at one of its "world famous" shrimp shacks.
First, a little history. The North Shore shrimp purveyors are of relatively recent origin. It began in 1993 with the original Giovanni's shrimp truck that wold frequent the areas beaches offering garlic shrimp plates. Plate lunches with their obligatory scoops of rice had been a staple of Hawaiian cuisine for decades, but this was a new twist focusing solely on shrimp as the featured entree.
A deeper historical connection though extends back to the aquaculture practices of the ancient Hawaiians in this area. To this day remnants of their fish ponds are existent and in fact several of today's notorious shrimp shacks feature shrimp harvested from their own shrimp "farms." Among those is Fumi's where the below photos were taken. One can't get fresher shrimp as the shrimp laden ponds are in the waters just behind Fumi's shrimp shack.
And here are some added photos from nearby Laie on Oahu's North Shore taken on the campus of BYU Hawaii located there:
The Rabbits around here must not stop having babies. Here it is September and we still have "kids" all over the place....... another "juvie" helping me cut the grass -
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
Photos and history regarding Hawaii's ancient fish ponds.
The naturalist, William Ellis, on Captain Cook's third (and final) voyage to Hawaii recorded the practice of Hawaiian royalty maintaining fish ponds. He subsequently wrote, "They [the Hawaiians] have numerous small lakes and ponds, frequently artificial, wherein they breed fish of various kinds in tolerable abundance,"
The fish farms of today and the Fish Ponds of ancient Hawaii differ in a significant respect. Historically they were walled to connect with the sea and a small entrance allowed small fish from the sea to enter. As the fish grew bigger they could not escape through the small entrances to return to the ocean. Today's fish farms are stocked with selected varieties. This apparently allowed the fish to remain genetically diverse without some of the detrimental issues that apply to farm bred fish today.
Oahu's Moli'i Fish Pond located on the Windward (East) side of the island remains one of the few and largest Fish Ponds to have remained intact for centuries. Its 125 acres extends as deep as 30 feet and the fish commercially harvested from it include Moi (thread fish), 'ama'ama (mullet) and awe (milkfish.)
Its history is steeped in legend and like the well recognized Chinaman Hat Island (properly named Mokoli'i) which is close to it, has a mythological storied origin. While Mokoli'i is said to have originated from the discarded tail of a dragon lizard that Hi'lika (the volcano goddess Pele's sister) threw into the ocean after defeating it, Moli'i Fish Pond is said to have been built in a day by the mythological elf-like creatures known as Manehunes.
Its more recent history is documented to include Dr. Gerritt P. Judd's purchase of the surrounding land from King Kamehameha III in 1850. Ownership remains in the family today and is operated as part of the Kualoa Ranch by Judd's descendants, the Morgan family.
My own personal introduction to Moli'i Fish Pond aligned with a roadside stop at the connecting Macadamia Nut Farm (actually a sales location rather than a farm) in the summer of 2001 just months before the eventful 9-11 calamity. As I wandered along a wooded pathway I encountered an artist with an approximate 50 inch by 30 inch canvas mounted on an easel. He told me he was completing a painting of the Moli'i Fish Pond. The setting there under the shadow of the westward looming majestic Cliffs of the Kualoa Mountains was serene. Extending eastward from the enclosed body of water was a thin peninsula of land known as Secret Island which separated the fish pond from the Pacific Ocean.
Observing the quality of his effort I let the artist Dennis Morton know that I would be interested in acquiring his completed work. In the ensuing weeks we kept in touch and he let me know that his intent was to have prints replicated from the original painting. Those plans fell apart somehow as a consequence of 9-11but the original painting eventually made it to me where I resided. It hung in my office for many years before eventually returning to Hawaii for hanging there.
When I look at it today, it reminds me not only of the serenity there on the edge of Moli'i Fish Pond when I met the artist painting it, but also of the world's stability that was then existent.
Below pictured is the subject painting of Moli'i Fish Pond as well as a recently taken photograph of the tree depicted in the painting as it can be seen today from the site of the Macadamia Nut Farm's gardens. Also included is a view looking westward to the looming majestic Cliffs of the Kualoa Mountains:
And here in an owned print from another artist (M. Von Dorm) can be seen the referenced nearby Chinaman Hat Island known to the Hawaiians as Mokoli'i which means "little lizard" in deference to its legendary origin.
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Looking inside a section of the particle accelerator at Los Alamos. It was the LAMPF (Los Alamos Meson Particle Facility) when I was there. Renamed to LANSCE (Los Alamos Neutron Science Center).
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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My attempt at plant macro-photography
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For this week's starting photo feature we return to Oahu's North Shore for a stop at one of its "world famous" shrimp shacks.
First, a little history. The North Shore shrimp purveyors are of relatively recent origin. It began in 1993 with the original Giovanni's shrimp truck that wold frequent the areas beaches offering garlic shrimp plates. Plate lunches with their obligatory scoops of rice had been a staple of Hawaiian cuisine for decades, but this was a new twist focusing solely on shrimp as the featured entree.
A deeper historical connection though extends back to the aquaculture practices of the ancient Hawaiians in this area. To this day remnants of their fish ponds are existent and in fact several of today's notorious shrimp shacks feature shrimp harvested from their own shrimp "farms." Among those is Fumi's where the below photos were taken. One can't get fresher shrimp as the shrimp laden ponds are in the waters just behind Fumi's shrimp shack.
And here are some added photos from nearby Laie on Oahu's North Shore taken on the campus of BYU Hawaii located there:
San Clemente High School football uniform from Friday nights game. San Clemente is the southern most city in Orange County and borders Camp Pendleton.
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The Rabbits around here must not stop having babies. Here it is September and we still have "kids" all over the place....... another "juvie" helping me cut the grass -
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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Photos and history regarding Hawaii's ancient fish ponds.
The naturalist, William Ellis, on Captain Cook's third (and final) voyage to Hawaii recorded the practice of Hawaiian royalty maintaining fish ponds. He subsequently wrote, "They [the Hawaiians] have numerous small lakes and ponds, frequently artificial, wherein they breed fish of various kinds in tolerable abundance,"
The fish farms of today and the Fish Ponds of ancient Hawaii differ in a significant respect. Historically they were walled to connect with the sea and a small entrance allowed small fish from the sea to enter. As the fish grew bigger they could not escape through the small entrances to return to the ocean. Today's fish farms are stocked with selected varieties. This apparently allowed the fish to remain genetically diverse without some of the detrimental issues that apply to farm bred fish today.
Oahu's Moli'i Fish Pond located on the Windward (East) side of the island remains one of the few and largest Fish Ponds to have remained intact for centuries. Its 125 acres extends as deep as 30 feet and the fish commercially harvested from it include Moi (thread fish), 'ama'ama (mullet) and awe (milkfish.)
Its history is steeped in legend and like the well recognized Chinaman Hat Island (properly named Mokoli'i) which is close to it, has a mythological storied origin. While Mokoli'i is said to have originated from the discarded tail of a dragon lizard that Hi'lika (the volcano goddess Pele's sister) threw into the ocean after defeating it, Moli'i Fish Pond is said to have been built in a day by the mythological elf-like creatures known as Manehunes.
Its more recent history is documented to include Dr. Gerritt P. Judd's purchase of the surrounding land from King Kamehameha III in 1850. Ownership remains in the family today and is operated as part of the Kualoa Ranch by Judd's descendants, the Morgan family.
My own personal introduction to Moli'i Fish Pond aligned with a roadside stop at the connecting Macadamia Nut Farm (actually a sales location rather than a farm) in the summer of 2001 just months before the eventful 9-11 calamity. As I wandered along a wooded pathway I encountered an artist with an approximate 50 inch by 30 inch canvas mounted on an easel. He told me he was completing a painting of the Moli'i Fish Pond. The setting there under the shadow of the westward looming majestic Cliffs of the Kualoa Mountains was serene. Extending eastward from the enclosed body of water was a thin peninsula of land known as Secret Island which separated the fish pond from the Pacific Ocean.
Observing the quality of his effort I let the artist Dennis Morton know that I would be interested in acquiring his completed work. In the ensuing weeks we kept in touch and he let me know that his intent was to have prints replicated from the original painting. Those plans fell apart somehow as a consequence of 9-11but the original painting eventually made it to me where I resided. It hung in my office for many years before eventually returning to Hawaii for hanging there.
When I look at it today, it reminds me not only of the serenity there on the edge of Moli'i Fish Pond when I met the artist painting it, but also of the world's stability that was then existent.
Below pictured is the subject painting of Moli'i Fish Pond as well as a recently taken photograph of the tree depicted in the painting as it can be seen today from the site of the Macadamia Nut Farm's gardens. Also included is a view looking westward to the looming majestic Cliffs of the Kualoa Mountains:
And here in an owned print from another artist (M. Von Dorm) can be seen the referenced nearby Chinaman Hat Island known to the Hawaiians as Mokoli'i which means "little lizard" in deference to its legendary origin.
Surreal!
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