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  alien landing by jo beerens

  Water drops on the flower of an ornamental grass called Fountain Grass or Pennisetum setaceum / The blue is a reflection/refraction of a swimming pool. / Sony DSC-H5 and M3358 close up lens. A list of all the other great artists that made it into Gaia is here 5000+ views / / Have a look at my other photos. For example: Or browse through one of my categories: / animal / building / cemetery / church / damselfly / dragonfly / drop / fall / flower / france / insect / leaf / light / macro / nature / other / reflection / water / winter

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  Dark Horse by Rachel Leigh

  A horse standing just inside her barn looking out. I just happened to be passing by and photographed her. There was a foal laying on the ground beside her. / My first photo to hit 5000+ views (thank you!)

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  Tombie the Zombie Bunny by DarthSpanky

  This is the shirt design for Tombie. He’s a character I created pretty recently. For a more detailed description, please look at the actual art post. 5000+ views! :D

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  Moto Cross - Escape from Hell by Brett Foster

  A blend of two photos. A dirt bike shot coupled with a shot of my open fireplace. 5000+ views. / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-——-

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  Tropical Cauldron by DawsonImages

  A large formation of Lava rock off the coast of Kihei on Maui, Hawaii turned into a boiling sinking cauldron by the rising tides flowing in from above and below. The water level on this cauldron would rise and fall as much as 6 feet with the ebb and flow of the waves. I was fascinated by this marvel of nature and creation. 6786 views / 6 sales / 290 comments

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  Midnight Express by Brett Foster

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  mermaid by elisabetta trevisan

  tempera and pastel on mdf / cm 90×50 (10781 views at 02 Dec 2009)

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  Paraclouding by Brett Foster

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  In Her Eyes by Rhana Griffin

  ...see your true self reflected. Photography: Rhana Griffin / Post Production: Paul Vanzella Many many thanks to Paul for his applying his considerable talents to the post work on this image. I’ve been PAUL VANZELLA’D!!! ...........and it was good ;) 5000+ views

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  Richmond Virginia Skyline in Black & White by Tim Wilson

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  The Absolute ~ Aloha Ke Akua Na Kahu ~ Ke Ahi La'a ~ Sacred Fire by Sharon Mau

  From my collection: / Perception is Reality Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009 / All Rights Reserved 5000+ Sold 2x Greeting Cards Featured Art 23 September 2009 / ImageWriting This is by far the most popular image in my portfolio currently with 6909 views, 238 favouritings, 2 sales. Thank you so much for your kindness and continuous support. Aloha ‘oe Featured Art 30 May 2009 Inspired Art Featured Art May 2009 Art by Bubble Hosts Featured Art December 2008 Sea All of the Hawaiian Islands are mountains. The entire island of Maui is an enormous mountain rising up from depths of the ocean floor and surrounded by the vast and beautiful Pacific Ocean. The West Maui mountains are older than the East Maui mountains, specifically the majestic summit of Haleakala, which is one of the highest mountains on earth, a massive shield volcano that forms more than 75% of the Hawaiian Island of Maui, the summit of which is 10,023 feet in elevation from sea level. Mauna Kahalawai of West Maui is the mountain visible in many of my beach images from the south coast of the island and my sunset images from Ku’au and Ho’okipa on the North Shore. This is a composite of my photographs of a beautiful sunset on the golden sands of Po’olenalena Beach, Maui Hawai’i. Visible on the horizon is the sacred island of Kanaloa (Kaho’olawe Island) and Molokini. Text and research by Sharon Mau This image is dedicated with deepest spiritual love, respect and Aloha Na’au to my beloved husband Jacob Mau and kindest respect for his friend Kahu Daniel Kikawa~ Hawai’i ‘78 Revisited “No mind, no form, I only exist; / Now ceased all will and thought; / The final end of Nature’s dance, / I am it whom I have sought. A realm of Bliss bare, ultimate; / Beyond both knower and known; / A rest immense I enjoy at last; / I face the One alone. I have crossed the secret ways of life, / I have become the Goal. / The Truth immutable is revealed; I am the way, the God Soul. / My spirit aware of all the heights, / I am mute in the core of the Sun. / I barter nothing with time and deeds; / My cosmic play is done” ~ By: Sri Chinmoy 1931-2007 Aloha e Malama pono. Mahalo a nui loa for your many wonderful messages. Thank you so much! Featured in Natural Colour and Light group 09 January 2009 / This work is also featured in so many groups I lost count.... Mahalo to all the group hosts, thank you so much! Copyright © 2009 Sharon Mau / Sales* 2 Greeting Cards / Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi “The more eroded, highest peak of the West Maui mountains is Pu’u Kukui at 5,788 feet. The sacred O ‘Iao Valley is the most famous valley of this mountain range. The West Maui Mountains or West Maui Volcano, known to Hawaiians as Mauna Kahalawai and Hale Mahina, form a much eroded shield volcano that constitutes the western one-quarter of the Hawaiian Island of Maui.” This archipelago represents the exposed peaks of a great undersea mountain range known as the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain, formed by volcanic activity over a hotspot in the earth’s mantle. At about 1,860 miles (3,000 km) from the nearest continent, the Hawaiian Island archipelago is the most isolated grouping of islands on Earth. The Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain is composed of the Hawaiian Ridge, consisting of the islands of the Hawaiian chain northwest to Kure Atoll, and the Emperor Seamounts, a vast underwater mountain region of islands and intervening seamounts, atolls, shallows, banks and reefs along a line trending southeast to northwest beneath the northern Pacific Ocean. The seamount chain, containing over 80 identified undersea volcanoes, stretches over 5,800 kilometres (3,600 mi) from the Aleutian Trench in the far northwest Pacific to the Loʻihi seamount, the youngest volcano in the chain, which lies about 35 kilometres (22 mi) southeast of the Island of Hawaiʻi. The Hawaiian Islands are that portion of the Hawaiian-Emperor seamount chain that projects above sea level.” Information Source: Wikipedia. Ke Ahi La’a ~ Sacred Fire / World Christian Gathering on Indigenous People / Hilo, Hawai’i – 2002 “Na Kahu’s first release, Aloha Ke Akua, is a Na Hoku Hanohano Award finalist (Hawaii Music Award) and winner of the Indian Summer Music Award 2005. Produced by Daniel Kikawa as a musical version of his highly regarded book,”Perpetuated in Righteousness… Daniel Kikawa, PhD (Intercultural Studies) is the President of Aloha Ke Akua. You can find more information about him at: DanielKikawa.com Other items produced by Aloha Ke Akua: / CD: A Call to the Nations (Na Kahu) / A Call to the Nations: Na Kahu – Aloha Ke Akua II Lonoikamakahiki – Helu 1 My husband, Jacob Mau, and Daniel Kikawa are friends. Jacob is featured in one of Daniel’s books ~ God of Light, God of Darkness In preparation for the ‘Io Project, (‘Io is the Hawaiian name for God or the Supreme Creator) when Jacob was asked by Daniel to join the team, Daniel had received information about Jacob as he was working with DLNR in land conservation and drug enforcement, and considering that Jacob is Kanaka Kupuna and has a wealth of knowledge about his people and culture, the Heiau’s, the temples and other sacred, historic and archeological sites on Maui, Moloka’i and the other Hawaiian Islands. It was critically important that the spiritual cleansing of the heiau’s on all the islands take place at the same time. Date of the project 14 March 1998. Excerpt from God of Light ~ God of Darkness – Chapter 20 The Mountain Ridge / “Thursday morning, 12 March, dawned; and Daniel was still without a solution to their dilemma. The phone rang; it was Jacob Mau on Maui. Jacob was known as the best search and rescue man on Maui. He had hunted the mountains and back country of Maui since he was a boy and knew the land like his own back yard. He was a major factor in helping the Maui team find several heiau(s). Jacob told Daniel he was helping Pastor Alan Cravallo get permits to go into several remote valleys in Hamakua on the Big Island. So Daniel told him of their unsolvable problem on Moloka’i. Jacob said he would see what he could do and call him back. Daniel didn’t have high hopes. He had already checked out every possible option. But an hour later, Jacob called back. “I got you a helicopter that will land you at the very top of the mountain – FREE!!”. Daniel was stunned! It turned out Jacob had a pilot friend, Mike (last name withheld by request), who owed him a favour. He and Jacob had worked together many times doing search-and-rescue- missions. Getting permits was not a problem for these search-and-rescue pilots. Jacob said Mike was the best pilot in the islands and that he had landed in the Moloka’i high country many times. God only provides the very best!” end quote Ke Akua o ke Ao, Ke Akua o ka Po / The Chronicles of the Spiritual Battle for Hawai’i NOTICE *I own full and exclusive copyrights on all my photographs, digital art, literary works and images on this website and they are protected under International Copyright laws. My images do not belong to the public domain and may not be posted in another web page on the internet or intranet, may not be published in a journal on this site or any other website such as Facebook or myspace, may not be published in any book, magazine, newsletter or newspaper, may not be duplicated, used in a derivative work of art, used as illustration for musical, dramatic, and/or literary works, or used for commercial use of any kind whatsoever without my prior express written permission, including but not limited to resale of my images without a license for use. Copyright © Sharon Mau 2009. The reproduction, publication, modification, transmission or exploitation of any work contained herein for any use whatsoever, personal or commercial, without my prior written permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved