Mahalo to Karen Slimp for sharing these two beautiful Molokai aerial photographs with us for Aloha Friday Photos.
Karen’s first shot exhibits a piece of Molokai’s southeastern shore. Discover how outstanding the coral reefs are. Molokai is residence to Hawaii’s longest, steady fringing reef. It’s estimated lengthen 28 miles alongside the southern shoreline.
Karen’s subsequent shot exhibits the other facet of Molokai. From this shot, we see the magnificent cliff line. Molokai’s sea cliffs are among the tallest in the world standing at roughly 3,600 to three,900 ft above sea degree.
Discover the flat peninsula in direction of the highest proper of the above photograph. That’s Kalaupapa, which is now designated as a National Historical Park. This distant space is the place sufferers of Hansen’s illness (also called leprosy) have been banished to within the 1800s. Right this moment, a small inhabitants of cured Hansen’s illness sufferers stay in Kalaupapa. This distant peninsula, at current, it is just accessed commercially by aircraft.
Karen didn’t point out how she captured these fantastic pictures, however from the photograph of the cliffs, it seems to be like a helicopter propellor is in view. A number of helicopter companies from Maui provide excursions to see the Molokai.
Joyful Aloha Friday!
