Waikiki Beach, Oahu, Hawaii: Imagine you are a Polynesian, and it is hundreds of years ago, before anyone has landed on the Hawaiian Islands. You have sailed all night and arrived in the darkness on the island soon to be called Oahu, the gathering place. You pull your boat ashore and collapse in exhaustion only to awake the next morning to see a most brilliant and colorful sunrise behind the majestic crater of Diamond Head. You have arrived in your new home and the colors of this wonderful new land rise up to greet you. Note: Lei Ahi is a vertical format version of this image.

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