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Koʻolau mountain prints

Prints of the Koʻolau range on windward Oʻahu: fluted cliffs and hidden valleys from the air, and the ridge above Kahana Bay after a climb in the dark.

View from a ridge above Kahana Bay at sunrise, the valley and beach curving below
Kahana, Kahana Bay from the Ridge

The Koʻolau range runs the length of windward Oʻahu. Thousands of years of rain have carved it into sheer fluted cliffs, deep valleys and knife-edge ridges, and most of it is only seen up close by hikers or from the air.

ʻĀlina and Pūʻao were made with a drone, looking for shapes in the folds of the mountains. ʻĀlina means scar, and it's a reminder that scars can be beautiful. Kahana was made the old way, after a climb in complete darkness to a ridge above Kahana Bay. Kahana Valley below is one of the better preserved ahupuaʻa on the island, the traditional land divisions that run from the mountains to the sea.

Prints from Koʻolau Mountains

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