Check out,
a bird’s eye view,
of Moloka’i,
taken from a helicopter,
with the doors removed.
Oh, to be a bird and soar over these islands!
I flew solo with a skillful pilot named Nick.
No one in my family wanted to go with me.
I can’t imagine why not!
It was an incredible experience.
We flew over other places too, so stay tuned & Cheers to you from Moloka’i~
wow! Great images from above!
Grazie mille Hank. We are swimming with LOTS of huge turtles დ
Love it! Can’t wait to see photos if your bring your camera underwater.
I took both in/out of water photos but the out of water ones are better. The visibility wasn’t that great where they were.
Wow, Cindy, I would have gone with you! Such a beautiful place. ❤️🤩
Thank you John. It is not for everyone, but I absolutely loved it! დ
I took a paid short ride in a helicopter years ago, it was very scary!
I’m sorry!
Your photography is worthy to hang in a gallery. Maybe in the Smithsonian someday!
So incredibly kind of you Andrew and so appreciated too. Thank you & be well დ
You’re welcome.
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Stunning!! I am so envious.
Thank you. Lots of people would pass on it, but I plan on doing it as often as I can! დ
Amazing shots
Merci beaucoup Beth დ
Beautiful.
Grazie mille Timothy დ
Stunning photos! (I’ll pass on taking a helicopter ride with the doors off.)
Thank you Liz & I understand დ
You certainly made the most of that flight. Beautiful island. The added bonus of flying over the water is that you can see into it somewhat and get a sense of the depths and underwater landscape.
Yes. It was incredible seeing through the ocean into the underwater world with no obscuring window დ
Oh My! Wonderful and so uplifting 🫧🎈🕊
It was soooooo much fun! დ
Wow, quite an experience. A beautiful place. Coincidentally I have a post coming up soon about this place. Father Damian was a Belgian priest who cared for leprosy sufferers on the leper colony on Moloka’i in the 19th century.
Oh, yes. I have read a great deal about him. An amazing human being. We flew over the remains of the colony დ
Wow! That is an impressive view! My dad always wanted to fly helicopters when he was in the military but was color blind. I just have a hard time with not having my feet on terra firma. But you never know. It might be worth the fear. 🙂
I understand and respect that. დ
Wow! Wow! Wow! & Wow! I can’t believed, like a dream! So beautiful! Love colors!
Amazing share! Thank you, Cindy.
Keep enjoying!
Your thoughtful words made me smile. Thanks very much Elvira & stay safe and well დ
That’s great! Than you, Cindy!
Always a pleasure follow your blog.
You as well, take care.💟
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Wow, gorgeous!! So glad you went, brava!
Thank you Eliza. It was epic! დ
I always fly with the door off myself as well Cindy! Great shots!
Smiling. Awesome. How often do you do this Wayne? დ
not often as I cannot afford it but I’d say once every two years
Wow. How wonderful. This was my first time. I think I am hooked for life.
do it in a floatplane and have the pilot do a tight right turn! You’ll be looking straight down!
How wonderful and I would have gone with you. 🙂 Beautiful pictures.
I would have loved that Gigi! დ
You are a brave soul, my friend! It’s funny that in my dreams I fly a lot but in real life, I have a fear of heights. But it’s worth it to fight my fears to fly over a landscape like that. 😍
I wondered if I would be scared as I have never been in a heli, especially with the doors off, but the experience was so visually amazing, I was never a bit scared. The pilot was competent, which helped a lot. დ
A competent pilot is key! I’m so glad you got to enjoy the sights that way…what an adventure! 💗
Yes. Agreed. I now want to do more of this.
As a pilot, I would have been right there, especially to see those amazing colours! Beautiful photos, Cindy.
Bravo Lynette. I loved every second of it and now am going to be including it in travel whenever possible დ
Flying is fantastic!
I have been in small bush planes, and float planes many times and loved it, but doors helo was so awesome. I was in the co-pilot seat. It would be so much fun to take some lessons დ
Wow! I would me scary being on a helicopter..but great images Cindy.
Thank you very much. It was really great fun დ
Beautiful images Lovely weather. Next time you can try the same with an advanced specification drone. You can also make lovely videos for sure. As the nature is always amazing with good weather.
It would be perfect for photographing the Java Finches in the tree that I am having a terrible time capturing. There is a drone havering over the tree right now. I am sure it will get great footage. Still the experience of actually being in the heli is pretty priceless. დ
Yes for sure I agree. Taking pics while flying is a marvelous experience. Drone can give the best output. Sometimes what we can’t see from far can be captured easily and good for movie making and short clips. I am sure you enjoyed the flying hour. Have a nice day.
Gorgeous! Love this perspective
Thank you. It was eye opening! დ
Wow, great shots Cindy.
Thank you Arlene დ
What a fabulous experience. Thank you for taking me with you!!! Hugs!
You are an intrepid co-traveler Rebecca დ
Such a beautiful place to visit.
Unspoiled, thank God! დ
I would never have passed up that opportunity, gorgeous! 😍
Yes. Loved every minute of it დ
Moloka’i is near the top of my bucket list.
Very good planning. Look forward to hearing about your trip დ
Bravo, brave you! Fantastic and those beautiful blues! 😍
Those blues make us happy! დ
So incredible! The beauty of our world is amazing.
Yes indeed. Never ceases to amaze. დ
What an adventure, Cindy! I’ve been on a helicopter only a couple of times, flying out to the light station at Egg Island on the BC Coast. Door were on, however.
How exciting Audrey that you have done this so many times. It must have been gorgeous in BC. We will be there in times for the leaves to turn, gives me some ideas! დ
You have made the most of a wonderful opportunity here: your photographs are mind-expanding!
Wow! So beautiful. I’d have gone with you Cindy!
Alison
I know you would have Alison. You and I enjoy adventure, and are sad when we don’t have it. I would have loved sharing the experience with you დ
Looks to me like you did a grand job, Cindy 🤗💟
Thank you Jo, but The pilot added a lot to the equation დ
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Thank you Jo! დ
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Hugs to you Lynette დ
Good for you! What an amazing experience!!
It was a blast and I hope to do more of in the future დ
That’s incredible. So glad you and your camera took this trip … so I didn’t have to 😉
Smiling. Some people prefer a more down to earth experience which I fully understand! My cat, Herbert is one such person დ
I could be good mates with Herbert.
I believe you would.
Amazing views from above! 🙂
So happy you enjoyed them & thank you! დ
Amazing vistas! I love seeing the ocean from above 💚
I do too. It is so lovely დ
Wow, these are incredible Cindy. It is a different angle to the world for sure. In one shot you were even up in the clouds 🤣 I can just imagine your next request to come back down here…an eagle please 🤣❤️🙏🏽
Yes. The pilot flew us above the clouds to show me the copter created rainbow below. Incredible! Remarkably perceptive of you to notice Mark დ
Maybe it was the flying – that would once have stopped me
Yes. And the doors off. დ
Gorgeous! I spent a month on Oahu in Jan/Feb of this year. I went solo and met a lot of people. Love Hawaii.
I was reading your posts about it Sherry. Looks you had a blast! დ
What beautiful pictures! One can hardly imagine that Moloka’i once has been a Leprosy Colony. There is a statue in Honolulu to honor the Belgian Father Damien that for decades selflessly took care of all the sick people that had been banned there…
Stay safe, dear Cindy!
Yes. An appropriate memorial for our time of pandemic. I read a lot about the colony and Father Damian. Hansens Disease isn’t all that contagious. Those poor people, shunned in paradise დ
Wow, Cindy. A ride with that view must have been exhilarating.
It was so incredible, when the pilot banked sideways, I could shoot straight down into the water დ
We’re you harnessed in some way?
Yes. Safely harnessed and felt quite secure.
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Wow! amazing photos gallery, great experience. Thanks very much, Cindy, for sharing this enjoy adventure.
Thank you more for appreciating it Isabel & thank you my friend დ
What gorgeous colors and vistas! I would have gone with you Cindy. And yes to being a bird with these views daily! 😍
I would have loved for you to come along Brad! It was so much fun დ
Yay! 🙂
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Locations like this…I would certainly have a tough time trying to decide if I wanted to view them in the air…walk them…or swim them. Guess I’d have to do it all, huh? Beautiful photos of a beautiful part of the world.
Definitely need to do all three! Thank you & cheers to you დ
Amazing, Cindy. free as a bird! I’d have gone with you 🙂
We would have great fun Terri! დ
I can’t get over the colors in the ocean!!
Yes. That blew me away too. You could see all the reefs, sand, seaweed, and even sea turtles. It was so clear. It is supposed to be incredible in the winter when the whales come დ
The crystalline waters are paradisiac ^_^
Aren’t they just incredible and so translucent! დ
Stunning!
Thank you very much Patty დ
A preview of paradise for me! Nature at its best! 💚
Indeed! Our gorgeous Mother Nature. დ
Magnifique
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Sheree დ
De rien Cindy
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Beautiful, beautiful, Cindy. I love Hawaii – the water is compelling. We took a helicopter flight over Maui – the whole family – with gorgeous views of the canyons just off the ocean.,
I am so glad you experienced the wonder. Memories to last a lifetime დ
Spectacular!!
Grazie mille Dana დ
These images from the helicopter are awesome, say the least.
So appreicated Amy & thanks much! დ
Beautiful work, as always, Cindy.
Thank you very much Raymond & cheers to you დ
so very gorgeous!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Rebecca დ
Oh, wow! So much beauty and wonder. It is a vision of paradise. Thanks.
Yes! Unspoiled paradise as it should be. Only 8000 people live in Moloka’i დ
Wow, I need to relocate there in the future. People don’t realize how blessed are the simple surrounded by God’s best creations.
So very true.
A beautiful landscape.
Thank you. Moloka’i is stunning. დ
I would have gone along in a heartbeat.
A kindred soul is wonderful to meet დ
Wow!! Just Wow!!
Love that word and you made it twice as nice! დ დ
I’ll go! Ha!
Good on you!! დ
So beautiful Cindy. Hawaii is the best. Molokai and lanai are the only 2 i haven’t been to. 💖
Thank you Cindy. Lanai has long been my favorite island, but now Molokai is sharing first place. I hope you visit both დ
So awesome to know. If you get a chance do visit Niihau a fav of mine. 💖💖
How wonderful that you have been there Cindy. We seem to share more than just a name. Stay safe & well.
Thanks and yes we do-:)
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Awww amazing views of Moloka’i from the sky. Keep soaring, my friend! ( •ॢ◡-ॢ)-❤️❤️❤️🌈
Smiling! Thank you so much დ
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I read a book as a child called Molokai. It was about lepers who were sent to the island to protect the main population. It is lovely to see such a spectacular site as it is today
Such heartbreaking history. Several patients still live on the island by choice. You might find this interesting: https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2015/05/when-the-last-patient-dies/394163/
Thanks Cindy I’ll check it out.
WOW – such wonderful photographs and I would definitely have come with you:). Thank youX
Thank you very much Janet and good for you! Nothing ventured, nothing gained დ
Cindy, the brave adventurer!!
Great photos – but I fear I would have stayed in with your family…good on you!!
I understand completely. But for me, it was just pure fun დ
Beautiful, Cindy! I’ve always wanted to do a helicopter ride there. Maybe one day …
Oh, I hope you do! It is so worth it. If you do, please post about it. I would love to hear about your experience დ
Wow!! Who knew there was such a color? The green and the blue intertwined… gorgeous!
Thank you Jessica. It was simply breathtaking დ
You’re welcome. You’re an amazing photographer. Seem to have such an eye for nature. 🙂
So kind of you Jessica. And so appreciated too. Thank you.
Fabulous captures. I love the colour of the different shades of blues and greens in the water.
Thank you. I was stunned by how beautiful it was from a bird’s eye view დ
Wow, lucky you! Such beautiful pictures. Maggie
Thank you very much Maggie & cheers to you დ
I’ve never been in a helicopter (doors or no!), so I’m fascinated by your experience. What a beautiful place to soar above — and I’m eagerly looking forward to more. Being land-locked here, I sometimes *hunger* for water views. Sigh.
So pleased you enjoyed Debbie. I had never been in one either. It was incredibly fun and I want to do more of it დ
I might have to show you some of my helicopter photos. 🙂
They would make a great post დ
spectacular photos, Cindy! All those different blues are so beautiful! BTW, I was gone for a while so I just recently saw your comment about wishing I could teach art to your little grandsons! Oh, how I’d love that, too! I am so honored that you would say that! Thank you!
Well it is absolutley the truth and so very well deserved on your part. They would so love to be your students. You have talent and gentleness which are double blessings დ
Wow! It looks incredible!
It was wonderful. I was scared beforehand, but not the tiniest bit during. And now I am going to do more of it! დ
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Will do.
Oh my gosh, Cindy! Your pictures are breathtaking! And I don’t understand your family. My husband and I went on a helicopter ride in Kuai and it was the best experience ever, Unfortunately we were four passengers and no doors were open so my pictures are NOTHING like yours!
I am so glad you experienced this Dale! It is incredible isn’t it. The no doors part was awesome. You could feel the wind and banked turns had you looking straight down into the sea. My daughter is going on the next one with me დ
So wonderful. I am truly jealous about the no doors thing. So cool!
Stunning photos, Cindy!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Eugenia დ
How very stunning! Enjoy! oxox
Thank you very much! დ
Thank you for sharing these amazing shots of the Island. 🙂
Thank you for appreciating them my kind friend დ
Amazing, Cindy!!!!!
Just spectacular.
Fear of death might be why others did not go with you. ❦
Yes. Exactly. I was fearful beforehand too, but it was the opposite of a fearful experience. It was peaceful transcedence. My daughter wants to go on the next one with me! I hope she finds it to be the same დ
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You really got the birds eye view. Gorgeous!
I like hanging out where the birdies fly! Thank you Jennie დ
You do! And we followers reap the rewards. 🙂
Wow. Incredible! We did a heli tour on Kauai ages ago. (Incredible.)
It is an incredible experience isn’t it. It is now my goal to do more of these over amazing locations. I’ve already booked one with my daughter. She’s gutsy….. დ
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Very brave and living your best life BRAVO!!!!!
Life must be lived! I am tired of putting life on hold. Hugs to you Eunice დ
Good for you go get it!
I love the colours of the water!
Omg Cindy. Absolutely breathtaking! I would have gone with you in a heartbeat! <3
Amazing! Thank you for sharing!!!
Wow the colour of water, amazing!!!
Isn’t the ocean gorgeous. I have a photo of a lone sailboat in the middle of all the reefs in the cerulean sea. Sigh. I want to be on that boat! დ
Haha me too!
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Reblogged this on Mitch Teemley and commented:
My Featured Blogger this week is Cindy Knoke, photographer extraordinaire, whose images typically emanate from her home, “the Holler,” in rural California (yes, there is such a thing). But in this case, they’re a birds-eye view of paradise, namely the Hawaiian island of Moloka’i (“land of abundance”). They’re refreshing just to look at. Imagine being there!
I am deeply touched by your thoughtfulness Mitch. Thank you so very much & God Bless! დ
Stunning photography! Makes us want to book a trip immediately.
Thanks so much. I am definitely planning more doors off heli experiences. It is an incredible vista დ
Just stunning! I had a helicopter ride once… as a pretend accident victim from the local airport to the local hospital!
Thanks much Jules. That must have been very interesting დ
Different fire crews practice plane crash rescue.
Keeps every one on their toes! 🙂
I bet it does.
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Unique place, unique colours, everything is unique there. Paradise on the Earth!
Very true. No traffic lights. Not much tourism. Lightly populated and unspoiled coral reefs დ
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What a wonderful flight ✈️ I would have gone with you…though not too sure about the no door bit!!
It was really an incredible experience which I now plan to do again in other places. Who needs doors? 😉 😉
No one Cindy! Doors are totally unnecessary and should be permanently disgarded😉…you know what they say about what goes on behind closed doors!!🚪 🤣
Laughing……Now I am suddenly thinking why I might be needing doors!!! 😉 😉
A helicopter w the doors off??? My stomach is queezy just thinking about it… but it looks amazing and fun and I would of went w you!
So nice, and brave, of you Kerri! Thanks so much დ
Fantastic experience Cindy!!❤
Yes! Very much so. I plan to do more of it დ
We are also fortunate to have a glimpse of them too!!
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