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23 images Created 10 May 2012

Kauai (traditionally spelled Kaua`i) is the oldest of the major Hawaiian islands. Kauai is the fourth-largest island in Hawaii and is known as the "garden isle" for its lush green landscape. Kauai is home to the wettest spot on Earth: Mount Waialeale receives an average of 460 inches of rain per year.

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  • Pacific Ocean waves crash under a lava shelf and power through a blowhole known as Spouting Horn on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Spouting Horn's spray often reaches 50 feet into the air.
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  • The vibrant sunset shines through thick fog over the Kalalau Valley and the Pacific Ocean from the view at Pu`u o Kila lookout on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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  • Alealau, a 3,875-foot mountain, towers over the Kalalau Valley below on Kauai's rugged Na Pali coast.
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  • The setting sun lights up several tall mountains above Barking Sands beach in Polihale State Park, Kauai, Hawaii. The tallest of the mountains is more than 1,600 feet (488 meters) tall. From right to left, the peaks are: Mana Ridge, Kolo Ridge, Lapa Ridge, and Haeleele Ridge. The remote beach is located at the western-most point of the island of Kauai.
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  • Dozens of narrow canyons meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kaua`i, Hawai`i.
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  • A vibrant rainbow forms during a late-afternoon rainstorm over Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. The canyon is 10 miles long and more than 3,500 feet deep. It was carved by runoff from Mount Waialeale, which gets more rain than any other spot on Earth.
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  • Colorful flowers frame 'Opaeka'a Falls, which plunges about 150 feet down a  rock face in eastern Kaua'i. 'Opaeka'a means "rolling shrimp" in Hawaiian. They apparently used to find shrimp at the base of the falls.
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  • Two small waterfalls flow into Queen's Bath, a scenic, bathtub-shaped tide pool located  on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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  • The Wailua River plunges 173 feet into a lush gorge on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Wailua Falls was featured in the opening credits of the TV show Fantasy Island.
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  • A colorful autumn sunrise colors the sky above Maunapuluo, a mountain on the north side of the Hawaiian island of Kauai on the Na Pali Coast.
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  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into the rugged coast at Lawa'i Bay in southern Kauai.
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  • Pacific Ocean waves crash under a lava shelf and power through a blowhole known as Spouting Horn on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Spouting Horn's spray often reaches 50 feet into the air.
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  • The full moon rises over Waimea Canyon on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Waimea Canyon, 10 miles long and 3,500 deep, is known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.
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  • The setting sun lights up the rugged walls of the Kalalau Valley, located on Kauai's Na Pali coast. The cliffs that line the valley are more than 2,000 feet tall.
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  • The Kalalau Valley on the island of Kauai, Hawaii is bordered by towering cliffs, about 4,000 feet fall. The low-angled light of the nearly setting sun brings out the texture on one of the valley's walls.
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  • Pacific Ocean waves crash into a narrow inlet in an old lava flow near Princeville on the Hawaiian island of Kauai.
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  • Pacific Ocean waves shoot 50 feet into the air through a tiny hole in a lava shelf off on the Kauai coast known as the Spouting Horn blowhole. It sounds like a whale breathing, but Hawaiian legend says the sound is actually the "lizard woman" moaning. She would attack anyone who got too close. One day she chased a fisherman into a lava tube. He escaped; she's still stuck.
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  • A power boat races between narrow canyons that meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • Dozens of narrow canyons meet the Pacific Ocean along the Na Pali coast of Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • The outline a reef in shallow water is visible in this aerial view from the north coast of Kaua`i, Hawai`i.
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  • Three coconut palm trees (Cocos nucifera) are rendered in silhouette against a golden sunrise on Kaua`i, Hawai`i.
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