Moon

Black and White Moon on Haleakala

Moon Facts I took this photo from the top of Haleakala in Maui I took this photo of the moon while on top of a dormant volcano in a national park in Hawaii before sunrise on my wife’s birthday on our honeymoon. (That’s a lot of prepositions!) I believe this is the first Wild Boyz […]

Bamboo in Haleakala

Bamboo in Haleakala

It grew dark as we entered the bamboo forest As Jill and I hiked along the Pipiwai Trail in Haleakala National Park, it suddenly grew dark as we entered the bamboo forest. We knew that there would be this forest of bamboo, but what we did not expect was the density and height of the […]

Hurricanes

Tropical Depression

74+ mph is when we start calling them hurricanes Before we get to hurricanes, you should be aware of tropical waves, tropical depressions, and tropical storms.  A tropical wave is an elongated area of showers and storms that typically moves from east to west across the Atlantic Ocean, along the tropics, near the equator.  As […]

Flash of Lightning Out at Sea

B&W Sirena

Lightning Fun Facts I was out on a “blackwater night dive” Capturing a flash of lightning in a photo can be pretty challenging, even in Florida (the state with the most lightning strikes every year, ~1.45 million strikes).  This photo was taken about 5 miles offshore of West Palm Beach, Florida. I was out on […]