Palomino Horse in Hawaii with Windmills
by Catherine Sherman
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Palomino Horse in Hawaii with Windmills
Artist
Catherine Sherman
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Photograph - Photography
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"Palomino Horse in Hawaii with Windmills" by Catherine Sherman.
A beautiful palomino horse stands in a pasture at South Point on the Big Island of Hawaii. In the background are cattle and the wind turbines of Pakini Nui Wind Farm.
South Point, known in the Hawaiian language as Ka Lae, which means "The Point," is the southernmost point of the Big Island of Hawaii and of the 50 United States. The Ka Lae area is registered as a National Historic Landmark District under the name South Point Complex. The area is also known for its strong ocean currents and winds and is the home of a wind farm.
Ka Lae is the site of one of the earliest Hawaiian settlements, and it has one of the longest archaeological records on the islands. It is generally thought that this is where the Polynesians first landed because the Big Island is the closest of the Hawaiian Islands to Tahiti, and Ka Lae would be the point of first landfall. Ruins of an ancient Hawaiian temple (heiau) and a fishing shrine can be found here. In addition, ancient Hawaiians drilled numerous holes in the rock ledges to use for mooring their canoes. Tying long ropes to their boats, they would drift out to sea to fish without fear of being carried away by the strong currents. Anthropologists from the Bishop Museum excavated the area in the 1960s
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September 28th, 2013
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