Moloka’i,
has stunning waterfalls.
This one is a double.
Hawaii is experiencing a severe seven-year drought.
It would be a triple or more with normal water flow.
Maui in particular is suffering from the drought.
It looks more like drought stricken Southern California, than a verdant tropical paradise.
But, it is still beautiful Maui.
Cheers to you from Moloka’i & Maui~
Oh my, Cindy! Your photos are jaw-droppingly gorgeous. So sorry to hear about the drought, though.
Awww….. Thanks so much Lynette. The drought in Hawaii and California is truly terrible დ
Indeed, you’d think that such places are confined to the imagination, like to Middle Earth’s Shire, and then one is faced with scenery like that… I guess it’s true that reality exceeds imagination 🙃
As for California, you know how Nevada is referred to as the “silver state” (because of the silver rush), and California as the Golden State? Do you know why?
It does look Middle Earth verdant and lush. As per Cali, The gold rush?
It’s what I first thought of when I saw the first photo 🙂
You’d think about California, but no. I was surprised, too. It’s a euphemism for what happens to California in the summer… it’s that “golden” or dead brush… Yes, it’s harsh over a long drought 🥀
Makes perfect sense.
Absolutely beautiful!
So appreciated. Thank you & cheers დ
You’re most welcome. Blessings and peace ✌🏾
Back 2UX2 დ
It seems more and more places are experiencing severe drought conditions. Very concerning.
It is shocking to return to a place like Maui and literally see the huge difference. It was the same when we returned to The Beagle Channel. So many glaciers were gone დ
looks like poor sliding to me Cindy!
large scale weather patterns have shifted and all we can is go along for the ride and just hope we don’t sail over a waterfall!
It is scary stuff. Floods, drought, fires and plagues. I worry for my grandsons and for all the little ones დ
I do not have children,so I’m more worried about Nature
Yes. I am too.
Cindy : our for fathers all ready broke the earth and there ain’t a d… thing we can do about it.
So true and so very sad, especially for young people. I worry for my 3 year old grandsons დ
Climate variation makes less rain fall and it’s amazing view and beautiful water falls . Stunning views. Must be great when it rains.
I would love to see these falls after a heavy rain. They would be spectacular დ
Absolutely amazing i believe . If you happen to visit again please share more pictures . Thank you .
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Stunning they are
Grazie mille Timothy დ
Beautiful photos, as usual. That does not look like the Maui I remember. Hope the drought ends soon…
It really is so different. It has so much brown vegetation and fires. So sad. დ
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What an incredible photographer you are!
Ahhh, humbled & honored. Thank you! დ
Absolutely amazimg.
Aww, thank you very much Michael დ
Welcome. My pleasure.🙏
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Stunning heights on that waterfall. Wonderful photos, as always.
Thanks much. It was amazingly tall and circuitous დ
Wow!!!
Love that word დ
It’s really scary to see those kinds of droughts…everywhere is more prone to aridification due to climate change. Still spectacular scenery though!
Very, very scary. The drought is horrible at The Holler too. Fires are out of control in Europe and rivers are drying up. So very sad დ
The earth is speaking; when will we hear it? I hate to lose the beauty of this planet. I would love to see the water return to those falls.
It is so very sad. Especially for children who will inherit the mess we have made. I would love to see the falls roaring too დ
Beautiful!!
Grazie mille დ
I always love to, need to, be near the ocean.
I was born and grew up by it. I need regular fixes დ
If I can’t get to the ocean, any water will do: lakes, rivers, creeks, ponds?
Yes! I agree. I love lakes and rivers. We have a year round creek full of wildlife running through The Holler.
It is still gorgeous, but something not good is happening.
Great shots Cindy!
It is terrible. I am worried about what young children are going to inherit from us დ
Not much, I’m afraid.
I saw a piece on a place where diving to collect whatever has been a way of life for centuries. These divers can stay under water for exceptionally long periods of time.
Turns out their bodies have evolved over time. There was something about their spleens evolved, to keep them oxygenated for long periods of time. I thought it would be lungs.
Anyway, I don’t see how the next couple of generations can evolve fast enough to live in the conditions we leave them. დ
Agreed. We can’t adapt to rapid climate change დ
The waterfall looks like it goes on forever and ever. It’s a shame to hear about the drought. So many places are being affected by severe weather that I worry this is the new “normal”.
Yes. And signs point to it getting worse not better which is terrible to think about დ
It looks as if photos of abundant waterfalls will soon become historical documents. But as ever, yours are lovely postcards from your travels.
Thank you Margaret. It is terribly sad to see დ
Indeed. We can all produce a Sad Album of nature gone wrong these days.
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What a magnificent waterfall – drought notwithstanding!
Thanks very much Anne. I know you understand how painful extended drought is to experience for those of us who love the natural world დ
Wow, that waterfall is really something Cindy, well captured.
Thank you very much დ
Incredible waterfall Cindy, and that perspective from the chopper really enhances it beautifully. And yes, it is almost tearful to see such a tropical wonder stricken by the drought like that. It was almost unrecognizable without that lush green and rain everywhere. It still had the low cloud but obviously no rain. It must be eerie seeing it but without feeling that humidity of rain 😀❤️🙏🏽
I hadn’t read about he drought before I got here. I kept thinking it looked too dry, too brown, there were even burned areas, so I googled is Hawaii in a drought? The answer was 7 years and counting. It is very sad, especially coming from a state that is experiencing severe drought. დ
Especially with such profound wildlife there, it can harm many environments permanently. I hope they have things in place to ‘assist’ them through it. The major problem is usually the currents, as in, if they are warmer or colder it affects that rain and their shoals of fish etc aren’t there so that they can feed their young and it wipes out big numbers. Hopefully it is just more localized ❤️🙏🏽
I hope so too. It is happening in so many places simultaneously around the globe.
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So thoughtful Lynette დდდ
Beautiful pictures of magical places!
Thank you very much. So thoughtful and so appreciated დ
Wonderful pictures – especially the misty ones
Thank you very much Derrick. Who can resist misty mountain tops! დ
I’m gushing with joy just looking at my favorite livestream ❤️～(‘▽^人)🌈
Smiling…. Thank you my friend. You always make me smile დ
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Wow Cindy! Absolutely beautiful places and magnificent waterfalls, Great shots as always. Thanks for sharing
Thank you more Isabel for your very kind appreciation & cheers to you დ
These are so amazing images of these waterfalls.in Hawaii and California..but here we have so much flooding but no drought here. Hope all goes well with our world.
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Yes. Climate change is creating these weather extremes that are altering normal weather patterns in frightening ways. Floods & fires. I hear China is suffering from drought and seeding clouds to create rain დ
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stunning is right and sad they are also going through a drought
Coming from a place of severe drought to another place being harmed by drought is just sad დ
Bootiful shots. Jealous? Me! Yes! Hehehe!
Thank you my friend. Sending cheers & best wishes to you დ
Bless you, much needed too. Haha! ♥
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I was just thinking about Moloka’i, lots of great diving there, or was a long time ago. I’m thinking long term, maybe I’ll move to one of the islands, of course after I win the lottery!
I think around 7-8000 people live in Moloka’i. This would be very nice for me too დ
Wow, I didn’t realize that many peopl elive there. Are they mostly native?
Approximately 8,000 people live on Moloka’i, around 166,000 live on Maui by comparison. Around 40% of the people living on Moloka’i are native. They have no traffic lights and the most extensive coral reefs in Hawaii. It is still a uncrowded and undeveloped paradise.
I think Maui is better suited for me. I’be been there and it’s more laid back with much less crowds than the Big Island. Of course the Big Islnad has so much to offer.
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Such beautiful photos but such a tragic time for the earth. Every weather event is now extreme 😢
It is terrible to witness. I feel so bad for the damaged earth we are leaving our children დ
I hadn’t heard about the drought there. Humankind is facing major problems just about everywhere.
This is definitely true. A couple of years ago we returned to The Beagle Channel with the kids, the second most stunning place I have seen on earth after Antarctica. The massive glaciers and glacier fed waterfalls were being replaced by brown dirt and rocks. It looked so visually different. Very sad დ
Wish there was a “love” button for this post. Gorgeous pics. Thank you. ♥.
Awww…. So appreciated Niki. Thank you very much დ
My pleasure Cindy! =) ♥.
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Still gorgeous despite the drought. It is troubling how the weather seems to be running in extremes of late… either too much or too little rain and temperature.
Exactly. It is impossible to deny climate change living in California. It is such a slow, inexorably, painful process of dryness, dessication and fire. Browness everywhere, even in Hawaii დ
Stunning indeed!
Grazie mille დ
Gorgeous, Cindy! Love it!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami Manuela დ
The waterfalls in all of Hawai’i are stunning. Particularly Maui and Kauai… Beautiful shots of what should be way more water. You still shared such beauty, Cindy
Thank you Dale. We come from a drought state, California, to another drought state. I feel so sad for both დ
It is so very scary the number of drouts over the world, right now.
Yes it is.
Amazing!!
Up in the mountain tops where nobody goes. It is amazing up there დ
I’m sorry to hear Maui is having a drought too. The lush green cliffs with their sensual curves are gorgeous. Take care Cindy!
I hadn’t read about it before I got here. But I kept thinking, this looks different. This looks like Southern California, so I googled it. Sure enough, a seven year extended drought. Sad დ
Yes, climate change is getting ugly.
Yes it is.
Beautiful Cindy, thanks.
You are most welcome & cheers to you დ
Stunning is right, Cindy! Just gorgeous…
So thoughtful of you Sheila & so appreciated too დ
I haven’t been in years. I’m sad to hear that they, too are in a drought. It’s so green and lush in your photos. It looks like you’re having an amazing time.
The high mountains on the windward sides still get precipitation. But the drought has been prolonged and is very evident to me since I haven’t been here in awhile. It looks much less verdant დ
Our poor earth.
Yes, exactly.
Hi Cindy,
Freud and Jung would see in your first pictures the female archetype.
Thanks for taking us to Maui.
All the best
The Fab Four of Cley
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The source of creation. Jung was brilliantly prescient. Have you listened and watched his video and audio interview tapes? I find them, and him, fascinating. I think his early life near death experience opened up creative insigths in him that were, and still are, profound. Freud to this day underlies so much of what we do in psychotherapy, but Jung operated at a whole different level დ
Dear Cindy,
Jung always made sure that his approach to psychology is very similar to Freud’s and based on Freud’s approach. The problem with Jung is his lack of systematic thinking. Important concepts like that of archetypes he didn’t clearly define. I prefer Freud for his clear style and thinking.
Wishing you a wonderful weekend
The Fab Four of Cley
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Yes. Freud is the underpinning of understanding to this day. I really started appreciating Jung more after I retired and had more time to read and listen to him. Freud identified the unconscious. Jung the collective unconscious. Both were revolutionary.
Wow… What a stunning sight! Beautiful images, Cindy!
Much appreciated Amy. Thank you დ
Love waterfalls. These are super. Rain is needed everywhere! We need it to in London! Have a lovely day!
Shocking to hear that London needs rain. I did read rivers are running very low in Europe and I did read about your unprecedented heat wave. Not good დ
A drought that long…Cindy, I hope we don’t manage to screw up Hawaii on top of everyplace else. It’s still beautiful in these pictures, and we can all be thankful for that. Enjoy!
Unfortunately, I think we may have screwed up Hawaii along with everywhere else. They are having elections now and one the big issues on Maui is how to stop Maui being loved to death by too much tourism. Sad დ
I didn’t realize that Hawaii, too, is suffering a drought. The weather practically everywhere has been just awful, hasn’t it? And here, so many people’s livelihoods depend on weather behaving.
It is awful to see and to experience. I wasn’t aware of Hawaii’s drought either, until I got here looked around, and googled, “Is Hawaii in a drought?” People are dependent on the weather behaving. In Hawaii, farmers who can’t grow their crops are applying for subsidies to try and survive დ
Makes me wonder what’s going to happen to our world if we can’t grow enough crops to feed ourselves. And did you hear about the temperature being 125 (!) by 2053 or some such??? Ouch, indeed!
It seems like the four horsemen are saddling up……
Yes, ma’am, sure feels like that.
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Thank you for capturing the beauty as well as the concern. Nature needs our help 🙏🏼
Mother Nature does need our help desperately. Thank you for caring Val დ
I love how your chase waterfalls, Cindy. It is as if you have entered a mystical land. Spectacular as always. Hugs!
The misty highlands where waterfalls are born and fairies play დ
This is stunning! I can only imagine what it must have been like for you.
Thank you very much Jennie. I loved being in the helicopter. I could see so much more than on the land დ
You’re welcome, Cindy. What an experience!
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even with the drought, it’s beautiful, indeed! Stunning emerald green against the waterfalls!
Thank you very much Kathy. Much appreciated my friend დ
Into every life a little waterfalls must.
True very Yoda დ
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Fantastic images.
It’s kinda odd to think about facing a drought surrounded by water… I know it’s salt water :-/
Remember The Ancient Mariner stuck dehydrating in the becalmed sea, crying, “Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink.” Hopefully Coleridge wasn’t prescient დ
Amazing photos.
Thank you very much Marie დ
Even with not much water the waterfalls are very, very impressive!… That climate change – the droughts, the floodings, the vanishing of the glaciers – makes me very concerned and nervous…
Stay safe, dear Cindy!
Yes. I feel exactly the same. We don’t seem to fully appreciate what we are destroying დ
Yet, where I live in Arizona, we’ve been getting rain and off for more than three weeks. I haven’t seen this much rain for years! But we need it so bad!
I am so glad you are getting the rain. I have been reading about it. It is feast and famine with the weather lately დ
Yes, Mother Nature is being very fickle!
Our poor Mother.
What a sight to behold!
Yes indeed. Water has been falling down these high peaks across the mists of time დ
Beautiful post. Before I knew where it was, I thought of Norway. Verdant greens a water.
Yes. Stunning Norway. Very similar. There is much more water in Norway fjords though, unless they too are experiencing drought. I sincerely hope not. დ
I fell in love with Oslo and wanted to return. Most of Norway, Sweden and Denmark we see on foreign language films and shows on MhZ which we watch almost daily. Listen in the foreign language and read subtitles which often do not include the more colorful words if you get my drift. It is hard to envision a drought in Hawaii though. Enjoy your time there! oxox
I agree with you, Oslo is wonderful. We love and have been all over Norway. Svalbard and Greenland was on the calendar when covid hit. I like Nordkapp, all of happy Norway is special.
Cindy, great to hear of places I have been to and some which are on the bucket list. Greenland has intrigued me too. Lucky you to have explored most of Norway. Perhaps someday. Meanwhile, I can live through the eyes of others and read of their adventures. Enjoy your day and week ahead. oxox
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Wow! Sooo beautiful!!!
Merci beaucoup mon Ami დ
Incredible Cindy.. we have been to Hawaii three times but never made it to Moloka’i and will make sure to do so if we get that far again… I did enjoy Moloka’i mules however.. what a cocktail..♥
Laughing….. I have never tried a Moloka’i Mule! Time for a new experience. Cheers to you Sally & thank you my friend დ
Make sure you are sitting down and don’t drive afterwards lol.. ♥♥
That sounds like A Cusco Sour. That knocked me off my feet!
Lol.. I would be interested to see any photographs you took after drinking one! ♥
Laughing…..
You gave your post the perfect title. The scenery is stunning. What a shame about the drought.
Thank you Mary. Droughts are particularly terrible when they go on for many years as they are in California and Hawaii დ
How on earth did you get those fabulous shots – are you a mountain goat?? Our drought has just broken and the relief is palpable. I hope rains will come for many states.
Smiling. I wish I could climb like a Mountain Goat! I took in them a helicopter with the doors off. Congratulations on the end of your drought. That is so worthy of celebration! It is sad living in an extended drought region დ
Wow – that is even more exciting/scary! You are quite the adventurer. We had an extended drought for some years in Texas and then the weather patterns shifting and we had floods. Mother Nature has us in her grasp.
Yes. Mother Nature is not happy with us.
Stunning photos, Cindy. So vivid I can almost feel the cool tropical air. Great share!
Thanks so much Michele. I am very pleased you enjoyed & cheers to you დ
Cheers!
You are certainly getting around. Doors off on Molokai. Another chopper excursion around Maui(?)
I believe they’re receiving less than half of their annual rainfall amounts. While the amount they’re receiving seems a lot for us on the mainland, for them it is a significant shortfall for them. A tropical ecosystem is much more sensitive to such changes. And, of course, they are experiencing the same water issues caused by growth and development.
I think I am pretty much hooked. My daughter and I are doing doors off Channel Islands National Park next. It is an amazing way to see and to take photos დ
Good for you girls. 🙂
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Gorgeous! Must have been a fun flight.
Thank you Dave. It was incredible დ
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So grateful for YOU Sharon. Thank you my friend and be well დ
It is still beautiful. I did not know Hawaii was experiencing a drought. I will be praying for it. I know when we were not getting the rain we needed in June and July, I was really concerned for the farmers, who are dealing with enough issues, but in August, we have had so much rain! I was never so happy to see the rain. 🙂
I relate entirely to how you felt when you finally got the rain. What a blessing დ
Yes!! God’s blessings to you Cindy!!
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That indeed is a stunning waterfall! Your images of the waterfall and landscape are stunning, too.
Much appreciated John. Thank you very much & cheers to you დ
Wow! Spectacular scenery Cindy. Thanks for showing us places and nature I’d never see otherwise. <3
You are most welcome my friend. Thank you for traveling along with me. You make the experience better დ
7 year drought! I was not aware of it? Unbelievable! My like button does not work? I thank you for the pictures. I hope there is an end in sight. 🙁
Thank you for you kind thoughts and words. They are much appreciated. Cheers to you დდ
Our planet is getting hot in an unprecedented rate. Years to come may witness more of severe droughts ending these beautiful waterfalls.
Yes. It already is happening. დ
Gorgeous! I doubt a fish would survive that trip.
No. To tall to fall, too high to fly! დ
I hadn’t heard about Hawaii’s drought. Somehow that really drives home how wide-ranging and incisive changes in the climate affect even place one might consider safe from certain scenarios. Not so. 🙁
Yes. Exactly how I think and feel, especially as we are home now at The Holler under unprecedented heat warning and fire danger დ
Sorry to hear that. I hope it will cool off and rain soon!
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Absolutely magnificent Cindy. So gorgeously different.
Honored and humbled by your very thoughtful comment Helene. Thank you sincerely დ
Even with the drought these pictures stunning. I hope the drought will end soon.
I hope so too. It is devastating when it goes on year after year დ
Wow!!!! So breathtaking 💜💜💜
Merci beaucoup mon Ami დ
Breathtaking captures, Cindy! Just wow. 💜💜💜💜💜
Honored. Thank you very much & cheers to you დ
Thank you for sharing…You truly are living my dream. I’m a waterfall junky and every road trip I take it has to lead me to a waterfall. My bucket list of waterfalls Maui. I’ll see you one day.
I hope we do meet gazing in wonder at a wonderful somewhere on this tiny little planet of ours. Stay safe & well დ