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Congratulations to anyone who knows this locale, or what mountain is under those clouds.

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Since no one has guessed, this is the grasslands along the Mamalahoa Highway above Waikoloa Village. The mountain under the clouds is Kohala. Waimea would be to the right of the picture.

Everything is bent to the left because the strong winds blowing in the area. To get the picture I had to brace myself against a telephone pole, because I couldn't stand steady enough to get a picture in the wind.
 

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Anyone know this locale? Double props if you not only recognize the area, but can tell the location where the picture was taken.

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Anyone know this locale? Double props if you not only recognize the area, but can tell the location where the picture was taken.

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I'm guessing the stretch of highway on Maui near Papalua? For the elevation, I'm guessing along the Lahaina Pali Trailhead?

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I'm guessing the stretch of highway on Maui near Papalua? For the elevation, I'm guessing along the Lahaina Pali Trailhead?

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Nope.
 

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I remember this from a previous post but my memory is not that great. :)

I think it was Oahu somewhere and you were there for work and went up a few levels of a building or tower or something like that. I don’t remember if this was the highest level or if there was one more higher.

I told you my memory isn’t that great.:)
 
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I remember this from a previous post but my memory is that great. :)

I think it was Oahu somewhere and you were there for work and went up a few levels of a building or tower or something like that. I don’t remember if this was the highest level or if there was one more higher.

I told you my memory isn’t that great.:)
You're getting warmer. ::ponder:
 

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You're getting warmer. ::ponder:

I had to edit my post, I had to add the word “not” describe my memory. It’s not that great.:)

Maybe what I added will help someone else.:thumbup:
 

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I had to edit my post, I had to add the word “not” describe my memory. It’s not that great.:)

Maybe what I added will help someone else.:thumbup:
I didn't even notice you had omitted the "not". I understood completely what you meant. It happens often when I'm reading - I read blocks of words, and when I understand what is being said my mind moves on even if I haven't processed every word. It leads to problems when I'm writing, because my mind skips ahead of what I'm entering. So I often omit words - such as an important "not".
 

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Was it taken from one of these towers at the Opp Kahe Power Plant on Farrington Hwy?

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Bingo. Not from the stacks - no one goes up there except the people who test stack emissions. You can easily see a stack testing platform on the stack just to the right of center in the picture.

My picture was taken from the top level (just below the roof) of one of the two buildings on the left side of the photo. Those buildings surround the steam boilers. The turbines are between those buildings and the highway. The cooling water intake and discharge is makai of the highway, behind and to the right of where this photo was taken.
 

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Bingo. Not from the stacks - no one goes up there except the people who test stack emissions. You can easily see a stack testing platform on the stack just to the right of center in the picture.

My picture was taken from the top level (just below the roof) of one of the two buildings on the left side of the photo. Those buildings surround the steam boilers. The turbines are between those buildings and the highway. The cooling water intake and discharge is makai of the highway, behind and to the right of where this photo was taken.
I've never been there, but I've spent way too many hours playing Test Drive Unlimited on my Xbox 360. It has 1,000 miles of roadway on Oahu, and I remembered the divided highway next the ocean on west Oahu. Of all the exotic cars you can race, the Enzo Ferrari is my favorite. It handles great when screaming around on the hairpin curves coming down Round Top Drive.

 

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Can you guess where I was when I took this picture? I get so relaxing just thinking of the sound of the waves crashing with gentle live music. Sigh...

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That is definitely Kona. Is that the new Lava Java location?
You guessed correctly in record speed! Here's the view of Island Lava Java in the other direction.
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That is definitely Kona. Is that the new Lava Java location?

I’m pretty sure my wife and I were there with those shades and a bird was right over me and crapped in my menu. Could have been worse.:)
 

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I’m pretty sure my wife and I were there with those shades and a bird was right over me and crapped in my menu. Could have been worse.:)
Worse would have been on your head, or even worse, in your food. :eek:
 

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Is the ice cream store next door? I remember those steps.
Are you thinking of Gypsea Gelato which is a little south of Lava Java and behind the ABC Store?

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Close to another area already posted. @DaveNW, you're not allowed to answer :)

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This reminds me... Guess where:

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Based on what looks like windmills in the very far distance, I'm guessing Kihei area on Maui?

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That looks too undeveloped to be Kihei. Although I do see the windmills in the distance.
 
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