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Lava stalactites that formed in lava tubes.
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Big Isle dreamscapes
Photographers Andrew Doughty and Leona Boyd present a coffee table book that captures the drama and beauty of the Big Island in "Hawaii Dreamscapes Revealed -- Big Island."
"Hawaii Dreamscapes Revealed -- Big Island"
By Andrew Doughty and Leona Boyd
Wizard Publications Inc.
156 pages, $39.95
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The book is part of a photographic series the duo has published about the Hawaiian Islands, including Oahu, Kauai and Maui. The Big Island installment makes for an especially engaging collection of photographs.
The pages display the diverse environment of the isle, from taro patches to lava paths, pastureland and coral reefs to the snowy peaks of Mauna Kea.
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Waipio Valley provides abundant river water to feed the area's most important crop: taro.
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Ropy pahoehoe looks like thick cake batter.
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Big Island flora.
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Lava tubes are the way nature moves magma from one area to another.
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