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HPPA's Harry made the most of the last eruption of #Kīlauea at our partner Hawai'i Volcanoes NP by getting out to the crater rim in time to catch the #lava fountains during their short few-hour window. 🌋🔥
Harry calls this photo: Enjoying Pele's show at our park. ✨

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November 19, 2025 at 9:31 PM
HPPA's Dylan was walking in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park after work when this bright crimson ʻōhiʻa lehua stopped him in his tracks. Fortunately he's a pretty good photographer, too. That moss! So windswept!

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September 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
#HPPA's Yvonne shares this photo of the memorable lava fountain during the recent eruptions of Kīlauea Volcano at #HVNP. She says: "It is my last month working at the HPPA park store at HVNP. I decided to pick the lava heart from episode 28 to share with all of you.

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August 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
HPPA’s Belinda, who is on our Hawai’i Island team, has this soothing message for you.
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Please see a quiet moment in Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park.

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July 7, 2026 at 1:36 AM
📸 Our Amanda, from the Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau NHP #HPPA store team, caught this sublime moment. She says:

🚣‍♂️🌊 “A scene repeated for hundreds of years — an outrigger canoe maneuvering just outside Keoneʻele Cove in Hōnaunau Bay, as part of the Queen Liliʻuokalani Canoe Race.”

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September 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
HPPA's Wendy at our Haleakalā NP store locations has spent a LOT of time hiking in the park she 🫶s. Here she is "snaring the sun", in front of Hōlua Cabin on the 11.3 mile trail btwn Sliding Sands/Keoneheʻheʻe Trailhead & the Halemauʻu Trailhead.
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April 7, 2026 at 10:46 PM
🌄 Most folks hurrying to the summit of Haleakalā Volcano at our partner Haleakalā NP don’tnotice the Leleiwi or Kalahaku overlooks along the way 🚗💨 — 👀✨

Both offer sublime views & HPPA’s Mary knows that & paused btwn our 2 VC park stores to catch this molten sunset afterglow 🌅.

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September 8, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Such serenity. A famous sunrise lifts the light into the sky at our partner #HaleakalāNationalPark, via HPPAer and hardcore morning person Wendy! 🌄
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July 7, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Do you know your Hawai’i birds?

HPPA’s Wendy says she photographed this Maui ‘alauahio in #haleakalanps in October 2024 on a free afternoon, after firefighters contained a wildfire 🔥 that threatened to cross the boundary into the park.

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February 12, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Mary, frontline superstar at our Haleakalā National Park Summit District park stores, took a break and a walk to marvel at this newly blooming ‘āhinahina (Haleakalā silversword). 🌸🌺🌻🌼

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July 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
HPPA’s Dylan likes to take morning walks with his coffee before settling into the Creative Services office for the day. That means he is often lucky enough to get morning views like this over the summit of Kīlauea Volcano at our partner Hawai’i Volcanoes NP. 🌄
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October 9, 2024 at 12:52 AM
HPPA’s Pete at our Pu’uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park visitor center store took a peaceful walk in the early morning on the park grounds as the air moved off the ocean through the palms & the light changed. He calls this video: Elements of Pu’uhonua.
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April 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
🌟 HPPA's Dylan is on a work trip to Maui & our park stores at #haleakalanps . He caught this bright, beautiful perspective from the Kalahaku Overlook 🌄.
Not shown? THE WIND! 💨 Conditions at the top of Maui can be anything at any time.
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November 1, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Have any of you seen the other color varieties of our endemic ʻōhiʻa #lehua?
Yvonne Bauer, says:
Itʻs the ʻōhiʻa lehua bloom season!
I couldn't take my eyes off this beautiful deep orange ʻōhiʻa lehua tree on the rim of Kīlauea Caldera.
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April 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
The floof! 🐥
The squeee!🐥
A family of nēnē, endemic Hawaiian geese, is utilizing Hosmer Grove at Haleakalā NP.

HPPAer and birder Wendy keeps an affectionate eye on this family flock not too far from our visitor center park store. In this case, a telephoto eye. 📷

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August 5, 2026 at 8:28 PM
HPPA's Kim was in the right place at the right time for this image: Haleakalā silverswords are always stunning, but with a little bit of dew and the right light, they dial all the way over to breathtaking.

Kim calls this: Greeting the New Day.

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August 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Look at this wee little ‘ohelo berry shrub, doing its masterful best to flower 🌺 & fruit 🫐 in the lava fields of Kīlauea Volcano 🌋 at #hawaiivolcanoesnps. Go go go little one! HPPA’s Akiko noticed this on break & thought we should all celebrate it. We agree. 🏆🌱

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July 1, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Our HPPA frontline staff at HVNP includes Yvonne, who is a volcano student 🌋📚 and first-rate photographer 📸.
She says: 🔥 Each fountaining episode of #Kīlauea Volcano is more exciting than the previous one. ✨
This is Pele’s Fire Dance: When darkness comes, Pele dances for us! 🌋🌌

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March 6, 2025 at 1:06 AM
🌈 Can you spot the rainbow? In Hawaiʻi, like here at Kīpahulu on Maui, sea spray can decorate the shore with rainbows 🌊✨. HPPA’s Moana in Kīpahulu at #haleakalanps caught this delicate vision on a short walk from the visitor center 🌺.
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November 1, 2024 at 9:21 PM
One of the amazing benefits ✨ of working to support the national parks of Hawaiʻi 🌺🏞️ & American Samoa 🌊 is that when nature decides to go big 🌋, our staff & teams can be witnesses.

Like of this eruption vortex of Kīlauea Volcano at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes NP last week!

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July 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Yvonne, who works on our park store frontline in the #HVNP Welcome Center, is also studying Hawaiian volcanoes at the university & is a passionate volcano photographer. 🌋 During Ep. 27 of the recent eruption of #Kīlauea she captured this lava fountain, & sees #Pele dancing.

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July 3, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Have you seen one of these?
This is the flower from the hala tree found in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā NP.
HPPA's Lynn says: The hala blooms in spring/early summer.The fruit resembles a pineapple, so it has tricked many visitors into thinking it is a pineapple tree!

#ThisIsWhereWeWork #Hala
February 12, 2026 at 12:06 AM
HPPA Area Manager Mary often travels between our Haleakalā National Park summit stores & Kīpahulu. This is a stop on her commute.
She calls this image: Just another day traveling between districts...as in, between the Summit & Kīpahulu Districts of the park.

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April 5, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Somewhere over the rainbow at Pu‘uhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park... 🌈

Mahalo to our Amanda at the VC park store who is always on the lookout for the beauty inherent to that amazing Hawaiʻi national historical park.

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December 8, 2025 at 2:32 AM
HPPA’s Akiko at our Hawai’i Volcanoes NP store would like you to marvel at the perfection of this naupaka kuahiwi flower, blooming in the mist at the Kilauea Military Camp, where our park store & the HVNP Welcome Center are temp located during park renovations.
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April 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM