The Jurassic Park view . . . Explore 03-03-2025 #54

            After this day there was one less location on my bucket list . . . Waimea Canyon on the island of Kaua’i. I had seen photographs of the canyon but seeing it in person took it to another level. 

I drove to Waimea and turned onto Waimea Canyon Drive (Hwy 550) a narrower winding road that follow the edge of the ridge up over 3000 feet to the State Park entrance. At mile marker 10 I arrived at the Waimea Canyon Outlook.  At the viewing platform, I looked out over Waimea Canyon after the rain clouds had moved through.   The clouds, tropical greens and dappling light provided a Jurassic Park like feel to the view. Some locations of Kaua'i were used for the filming of Jurassic Park . . . I can understand why.

Courtesy of Wikipedia:
"Waimea Canyon, also known as the Grand Canyon of the Pacific, approximately ten miles (16 km) long and up to 3,000 feet (900 m) deep, located on the western side of Kauaʻi in the Hawaiian Islands. Waimea is Hawaiian for "reddish water", a reference to the erosion of the canyon's red soil.

The canyon has a unique geologic history as it was formed not only by the steady process of erosion but also by the catastrophic collapse of the volcano that created Kauaʻi."

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Taken in: United States / Hawaii / Waimea District (show map)

Taken on: November 6, 2024

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Kaua'i

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