Mutual Publishing, 2012. Hardcover. New hardcover in new dust jacket. Text is clean and free of marks or underlining. 4to. (9 x 0.5 x 11.3 inches) 76 pp.

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ISBN: 9781566479622

From volcanoes spewing forth fiery lava to coral reefs sheltering in the cool ocean depths, the Hawaiian Islands offer a rich array of Nature's marvels. While sharing certain features in common, each island remains distinct. All were formed by volcanic activity, yet they come in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, contours, and unique charms.

Exotic flowers, cascading waterfalls, geyser-like blowholes, rare species that exist nowhere else on earth—these are just a few of Hawai'i's natural treasures.

Ni'ihau and Kaua'i, the northernmost of the main islands, are geologically the oldest. Over eons, mountains and reefs have been worn away by wind and water to produce long stretches of golden beaches composed of tiny bits of eroded rock, shell, and coral. A vast array of native and introduced vegetation garbs Kaua'i in its lush and verdant finery. Arid Ni'hau, lacking Kaua'i's copious rainfall, grows mostly grass, scrub, and dust, though it, too, harbors natural riches. The absence of surface-water runoff imbues the ocean surrounding it with a crystal clarity that showcases an undersea wonderland teeming with tropical fish, colorful corals, placid sea turtles, and a thriving colony of endangered Hawaiian Monk seals.

Hawai'i, also called the Big Island, is the southernmost, largest, and newest of the main islands. It was built by the successive eruptions of five different volcanoes and is home to Volcanoes National Park. Thought much of the island is covered in barren lava and ash, the cool, misty, cloud-forest highlands of Kona produce some of the world's finest coffee, along with rare native plants, birds, bats, and insects.

In the some three-hundred miles between the Big Island and Kaua'i lie the islands of Maui, Moloka'i, Lana'i, Kaho'olawe and O'ahu—each blessed in its own way with an astonishing abundance of distinctive natural gifts that make Hawai'i, Hawai'i.

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