By Ryan Ozawa The ‘Imiloa Astronomy Center in Hilo is one of my favorite places to visit when I'm visiting my favorite town on Earth. Aimed at kids and students as much as tourists, it beautifully illustrates the connection between traditional Hawaiian practices and cutting edge science. But with the Big Island spread out over…
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Big Island’s Fantastic “Destructive Waters”
By noreply@blogger.com (Trailblazer Hawaii) Through the middle of Hilo Town runs the Wailuku River—'Destructive Waters' in Hawaiian—which carries the runoff from the saddle of the world's two tallest mountains Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea (when measured from the sea floor, these peaks are 40,000-plus feet). When tropical rain thunder down, no river is more aptly…
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