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  1. Ibaruma chu gakko

    Ibaruma chu gakko by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Tamatorizaki viewpoint Ishigaki okinawa japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Junior High school

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  2. Iliau Count Snapshot 3

    Iliau Count Snapshot 3 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Iliau loop nature Trail Waimea Kauai,Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Please count the number of iliau plants in this snapshot. Please also note the number of flowering plants
    Please report your findings asa comment to this gigapan.
    Thank you for your help in the inventory of this endemic species.

    8 comments

  3. Iliau Count Snapshot 2

    Iliau Count Snapshot 2 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Iliau loop nature Trail Waimea Kauai,Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Please count the number of iliau plants in this snapshot also note the number of flowering plants.
    Please report your counts as a comment to this gigapan image.

    Thank you for your assistance in this endemic plant inventory.

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  4. Iliau Count Snapshot 1

    Iliau Count Snapshot 1 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Iliau loop nature Trail Waimea Kauai,Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Count the number of Iliau plants in the snap shot
    please also count the number that are in flower

    Please report your counts in the comment section of this gigapan.

    Thank you for helping us with surveying the number of this endemic species.

    11 comments

  5. Naupaka Flower

    Naupaka Flower by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Zygomorphic half flower
    Stories tell of two lovers each turned into plants
    one form here at the ocean and another plant with a half flower at the mountain.

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  6. Insect

    Insect by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    akoko leaf in background

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  7. KCC Botany Class Plant 6

    KCC Botany Class Plant 6 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    ilima flower
    Has silvery leaves with serrate margin
    What family of plants? What is its close relative?

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  8. KCC Botany Class Plant 5

    KCC Botany Class Plant 5 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    hinahina
    How is this plant adapted to survive?

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  9. KCC Botany Class Plant 4

    KCC Botany Class Plant 4 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Akoko
    Observe the flower structure.
    What family ?

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  10. Naupaka fruit

    Naupaka fruit by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    The fruit is able to float on water therefore it is easy to disperse between islands.

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  11. Metal pipe

    Metal pipe by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Metal pipe are cemented into the limestone as
    fishing pole holder for night fishing of ulua.

    How many of these pipes can you find???

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  12. Sotetsu

    Sotetsu by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Cycas revoluta saigo palm
    etnobotanical plant

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  13. Ryukyu Matsu

    Ryukyu Matsu by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Ryukyu matsu(pine) endemic to Okinawa.
    In a japanese garden one can usually find a pine tree that is shaped. Pine represents long life. Bonsai
    is the art form of sculpturing trees.

    3 comments

  14. Small leaf tree

    Small leaf tree by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Ishigaki Sakishima azalea endemic

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  15. Artemisia

    Artemisia by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Ethnobotanical importance.
    Why the silvery color to the leaves?

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  16. Light colored leaf plant

    Light colored leaf plant by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Sagaribana- endemic tree
    Barringtonia racemosa

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  17. Fukugi Tree

    Fukugi Tree by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Fukugi trees are traditionally planted around a home
    to protect the house from hurricane winds. The tree
    is also ethnobotanically important. What are some of the other uses of this tree?

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  18. Sakura-Higan Sakura

    Sakura-Higan Sakura by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Cherry Tree special to Okinawa. Originally from
    Obachan(grandmother) home. She lived to 104 years old.

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  19. Flowers of Izu

    Flowers of Izu by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Japanese Okinawan Garden Ishigaki Okinawa Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Rare endemic tree (Schima wallichii ssp. liukiuensis). This tree was planted in his garden
    on his second son return from college.

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  20. Limestone formed from the sand dunes

    Limestone formed from the sand dunes by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    critical angle of repose

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  21. Two Hikers

    Two Hikers by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Hikers on the bluff overlooking the beach

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  22. Boat

    Boat by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    fishing boat lookinf for Ahi or Mahimahi

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  23. KCC Botany Class Plant 3

    KCC Botany Class Plant 3 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Naupaka
    The most abundant plant form.
    Explain Three adaptations to this coastal enviroment?

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  24. KCC Botany Class Plant 2

    KCC Botany Class Plant 2 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Can you tell me what plant is this/
    How has this plant adapted to the costal enviroment?

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  25. KCC Botany Class Plant 1

    KCC Botany Class Plant 1 by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Sensuvium
    Exlain three adaptation to this coastal enviroment?
    Locate a flower
    What Family ofPlants?

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  26. Tourist taking picture of Monk seal

    Tourist taking picture of Monk seal by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Great photo to share with friends

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  27. Another Monk Seal

    Another Monk Seal by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Not only tourist enjoy the sun on this south shore beach.

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  28. Monk seal enclosure fence

    Monk seal enclosure fence by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    The fence is to keep tourist 50feet away
    from the endangered monk seal resting on the beach. The person in beach chair is a volunteer that answers questions from the public.

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  29. Tourist enjoying the day

    Tourist enjoying the day by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    The water must be cold!

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  30. Monk seal on beach

    Monk seal on beach by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Enclosure around monk seal on the beach. Yellow sign is warning not to disturb the resting seal

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  31. Hikers

    Hikers by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Mahaulepu coastline Poipu Koloa Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Hikers returning from a secluded beach

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  32. Pineapple field

    Pineapple field by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Forest above Sokubaru Dam and Reservoir, Ishijaki, Okinawa, Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    One of the agricultural crops on Ishigaki

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  33. Fern

    Fern by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Forest above Sokubaru Dam and Reservoir, Ishijaki, Okinawa, Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    Native Tree Fern

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  34. Two fish

    Two fish by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Forest above Sokubaru Dam and Reservoir, Ishijaki, Okinawa, Japan by Brian Yamamoto

    This is fish in the stream

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  35. Rock Layers

    Rock Layers by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Waimea Canyon Kokee State Park Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Uniform lava flows over time

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  36. Chemical oxidation and soil erosion

    Chemical oxidation and soil erosion by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Waimea Canyon Kokee State Park Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Soils high in iron oxide color of red dirt shirts.
    tourist purchase red stained shirts as gifts.

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  37. Black Rectangle

    Black Rectangle by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Waimea Canyon Kokee State Park Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    I dont know How i created this artifact.

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  38. River

    River by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Waimea Canyon Kokee State Park Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    One of the rivers that carved this canyon

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  39. Layers of lava flows

    Layers of lava flows by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Waimea Canyon Kokee State Park Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    These layers of basalt rock represent lava flows that built the island.

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  40. Waimea canyon Lookout

    Waimea canyon Lookout by Brian Yamamoto from the GigaPan Waimea Canyon Kokee State Park Kauai Hawaii by Brian Yamamoto

    Great views

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